Your 33-year-old male patient is conscious and alert after falling to the ground while exiting his vehicle. He is complaining of an isolated injury to his left leg. There is tension in his muscles during relaxation, loss of distal sensation, and extreme pain on extension that seems to be out of proportion to his injury. What has most likely occurred to your patient?

Your 33-year-old male patient is conscious and alert after falling to the ground while exiting his vehicle. He is complaining of an isolated injury to his left leg. There is tension in his muscles during relaxation, loss of distal sensation, and extreme pain on extension that seems to be out of proportion to his injury. What has most likely occurred to your patient?

Your 33-year-old male patient is conscious and alert after falling to the ground while exiting his vehicle. He is complaining of an isolated injury to his left leg. There is tension in his muscles during relaxation, loss of distal sensation, and extreme pain on extension that seems to be out of proportion to his injury. What has most likely occurred to your patient?



A) A. Compartment syndrome
B) B. Dislocation of his hip
C) C. Dislocation of his patella
D) D. Oblique fracture


Answer: A


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