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Senol Bekmez1, Serdar Beken, Musa Ugur Mermerkaya
1aDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology bDepartment of Neonatology cDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, Dr Sami Ulus Children's Hospital, Ankara dDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Bozok University, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey.
Acute compartment syndrome of the forearm in newborns is often misdiagnosed and can be disastrous if left untreated. Here, we report a full-term infant of a diabetic mother with underlying heterozygosity for MTHFR C677T and A1298C alleles. A spontaneous thrombosis occurred in the left axillary artery immediately after birth. The patient responded well to anticoagulant (heparin) and thrombolytic (tissue plasminogen activator) agents. After reperfusion of the extremity, acute compartment syndrome developed. Emergent fasciotomy was performed. In this case, effective collaboration between pediatricians and orthopedic surgeons resulted in salvage of the extremity, with good clinical and functional results.
Acute compartment syndrome of the forearm in newborns is often misdiagnosed and can be disastrous if left untreated. Here, we report a full-term infant of a diabetic mother with underlying heterozygosity for MTHFR C677T and A1298C alleles. A spontaneous thrombosis occurred in the left axillary artery immediately after birth. The patient responded well to anticoagulant (heparin) and thrombolytic (tissue plasminogen activator) agents. After reperfusion of the extremity, acute compartment syndrome developed. Emergent fasciotomy was performed. In this case, effective collaboration between pediatricians and orthopedic surgeons resulted in salvage of the extremity, with good clinical and functional results.
