The Tokai journal of experimental and clinical medicine
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Tokai J. Exp. Clin. Med. · Jul 2011
Case ReportsGluteal compartment syndrome due to prolonged immobilization after alcohol intoxication: a case report.
Gluteal compartment syndrome is a relatively rare condition that mostly result from atraumatic causes such as prolonged immobilization due to drug abuse or alcoholic intoxication and incorrect positioning during surgical procedures rather than traumatic causes. Early diagnosis is difficult and sometimes delayed or overlooked because of poor physical signs resulting from altered mental status and inappropriate diagnosis by clinicians. ⋯ Here, we report the case of a patient with gluteal compartment syndrome caused by prolonged immobilization after acute alcoholic intoxication. After disease onset, the patient developed complications of crush syndrome and sciatic nerve palsy, but immediate fasciotomy improved his condition.
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Tokai J. Exp. Clin. Med. · Jul 2011
Case ReportsA case of surgically resected lung cancer in a patient with Kartagener's syndrome.
Kartagener's syndrome is a rare inherited disorder with a triology of symptoms (bronchiectasis, sinusitis and situs inversus) and is also associated with abnormalities of the cilia of the respiratory epithelium. Lung cancer arising in Kartagener's syndrome is very rare and to date only 5 cases have been reported in the English and Japanese literature. We report on a case of a 65-year-old Japanese male Kartagener's syndrome patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. A left pneumonectomy was performed and no recurrence was found within 2 years.