Article Text
Case Report
Anabolic steroid accelerated multicompartment syndrome following trauma
Abstract
The case is reported of a 23 year old male body builder who was involved in a road traffic accident after taking anabolic steroids. The resulting trauma caused a severe life threatening acute multicompartment syndrome resulting in the need for urgent multiple fasciotomies.
- anabolic steroids
- body builder
- trauma
- multicompartment syndrome