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SUBMITTER: Aarsæther E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050128 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of medical case reports 20200302 1
<h4>Background</h4>Hoffmann's syndrome is a rare form of hypothyroid myopathy. Only a few cases of fasciotomy in this setting have previously been reported.<h4>Case presentation</h4>A 41-year-old Caucasian man under treatment for hypothyroidism presented with acute-onset severe pain in his forearm for no obvious reason and was admitted to our emergency room. He eventually developed compartment syndrome which necessitated surgical decompression. Soon after surgery he complained of similar symptom ...[more]