Baseball Related Injuries: A Case Report on Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm
Acute compartment syndrome is a difficult diagnosis to make due to its wide range of clinical presentations. Delay or misdiagnosis can cause devastating consequences such as Volkmann’s ischemic contracture, permanent nerve damage, amputation, and death. Lower extremity compartment syndrome is more c...
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| description | Acute compartment syndrome is a difficult diagnosis to make due to its wide range of clinical presentations. Delay or misdiagnosis can cause devastating consequences such as Volkmann’s ischemic contracture, permanent nerve damage, amputation, and death. Lower extremity compartment syndrome is more common than upper extremity compartment syndrome, with the forearm being the most common location for upper extremity compartment syndrome. Acute compartment syndrome is most caused by acute fracture trauma but can also be due to soft tissue crush injuries or vascular problems. We report a unique case of a male umpire being struck on the forearm by a baseball with subsequent progression to an acute compartment syndrome that required emergent fasciotomies. The patient made a full recovery with no known long-term sequelae. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-40ea78ca4ac248fbb49fe7bc8c3dc6fd2025-02-03T01:32:42ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67572022-01-01202210.1155/2022/5449913Baseball Related Injuries: A Case Report on Acute Compartment Syndrome of the ForearmCharles B. Pasque0Christopher Hendrix1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and RehabilitationDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and RehabilitationAcute compartment syndrome is a difficult diagnosis to make due to its wide range of clinical presentations. Delay or misdiagnosis can cause devastating consequences such as Volkmann’s ischemic contracture, permanent nerve damage, amputation, and death. Lower extremity compartment syndrome is more common than upper extremity compartment syndrome, with the forearm being the most common location for upper extremity compartment syndrome. Acute compartment syndrome is most caused by acute fracture trauma but can also be due to soft tissue crush injuries or vascular problems. We report a unique case of a male umpire being struck on the forearm by a baseball with subsequent progression to an acute compartment syndrome that required emergent fasciotomies. The patient made a full recovery with no known long-term sequelae.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5449913 |
| spellingShingle | Charles B. Pasque Christopher Hendrix Baseball Related Injuries: A Case Report on Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm Case Reports in Orthopedics |
| title | Baseball Related Injuries: A Case Report on Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm |
| title_full | Baseball Related Injuries: A Case Report on Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm |
| title_fullStr | Baseball Related Injuries: A Case Report on Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm |
| title_full_unstemmed | Baseball Related Injuries: A Case Report on Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm |
| title_short | Baseball Related Injuries: A Case Report on Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm |
| title_sort | baseball related injuries a case report on acute compartment syndrome of the forearm |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5449913 |
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