ABSTRACT
We present the rare case of a 47-year-old male long-distance runner who was referred
to our hospital with a longstanding pain in his left calf. Clinical history, as well
as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging scans, showed an accessory peroneal muscle.
This muscle was identified as a peroneus quartus muscle. On ultrasound, controlled
intracompartmental pressure measurement, a chronic peroneal compartment syndrome,
was diagnosed. We performed an endoscopic-assisted fasciotomy of the peroneal compartment.
This resolved the patient's symptoms completely and allowed the runner to return to
competition shortly after the surgery.
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Published online: May 23, 2019
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