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Compartment syndrome and systemic hypertension.

Namboothiri S

1St. Gregorious Mission Hospital, Parumula P. O., Pathanamthitta District, Keralam, India 689626. sreedharan_namboothiri@yahoo.co.in

We present two rare variations related to compartment syndrome. The first is a 69-year-old hypertensive man with compartment syndrome of the arm. The second is a 58-year-old man with compartment syndrome of the forearm with severe compensatory hypertension.

Published 28 September 2005 in J Bone Joint Surg Br, 87(10): 1420-2.
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