[Possible Compartment Syndrome of the Hand in Patients with chronic post-traumatic Pain - 2 Case Reports].

The authors present two young patients with atypical development of painful post-traumatic hand muscle compartment syndrome. The first patient showed congenital hyperplasia of the thenar and first dorsal interosseous muscle and developed chronic exertional pain that only occurred after trauma and is indicative of compartment syndrome. The second patient developed compression of the second palmar interosseous muscle due to post-traumatic haematoma in the third interdigital space.