PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D P Petros
AU  - J F Hanley
AU  - P Gilbreath
AU  - R D Toon
TI  - Posterior compartment syndrome following ruptured Baker's cyst.
AID  - 10.1136/ard.49.11.944
DP  - 1990 Nov 01
TA  - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
PG  - 944--945
VI  - 49
IP  - 11
4099  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/49/11/944.short
4100  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/49/11/944.full
SO  - Ann Rheum Dis1990 Nov 01; 49
AB  - 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.