Editor-The debate about whether epidural analgesia can delay the diagnosis of compartment syndrome has recently been reviewed. An alternative, infrequently considered interaction between compartment syndromes and epidural analgesia occurs when the symptoms of compartment syndrome are incorrectly attributed to epidural complications and diagnosis of the true pathology is delayed. We present a case where the diagnosis of gluteal compartment syndrome was delayed due to the erroneous investigation of epidural haematoma.
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