TY - JOUR T1 - Posterior compartment syndrome following ruptured Baker's cyst. JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis SP - 944 LP - 945 DO - 10.1136/ard.49.11.944 VL - 49 IS - 11 AU - D P Petros AU - J F Hanley AU - P Gilbreath AU - R D Toon Y1 - 1990/11/01 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/49/11/944.abstract N2 - A 35 year old man presented with the sudden onset of left leg pain and swelling. Empirical anticoagulation for presumed deep vein thrombophlebitis was followed by acute worsening of symptoms. On further evaluation the patient was found to have a ruptured Baker's cyst and an acute posterior compartment syndrome. ER -