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The Short Foot Syndrome—An Unfortunate Consequence of Neglected Raised Intracompartmental Pressure in a Severe Hemophilic Child: A Case Report

Henri Horoszowski

Michael Heim

The Chaim Sheba Medical Center Sackler School of Medicine Tel-Hashomer, Israel 52621

The vast majority of bleeding episodes in hemophilia occur in the muscu loskeletal system. When bleeding occurs, within a closed compartment, the pos sibility of neurovascular compromise must be suspected. We present an interesting case where this danger was overlooked in a young hemophiliac boy and resulted in bone growth retardation and permanent deformity.

Angiology, Vol. 37, No. 2, 128-131 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/000331978603700210


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