Bilateral gluteal compartment syndrome: a rare but potentially morbid entity.
Compartment syndrome is caused by elevated interstitial pressure within the myofascial compartment. It rarely presents bilaterally in the gluteal region. A 49-year-old man fell 10 feet from a roof on his buttocks. He presented 10 hours after the injury with intense lumbar pain. Both glutei were exceptionally tense. There were no vascular injuries or sensory deficits. Compartmental pressures measured 60 mm Hg on the left side and 50 mm Hg on the right side. The patient was taken to the operating room for decompressive fasciotomy. The glutei compartments were released. He was taken once more to the operating room, requiring only minimal débridement. He was discharged the next week with no neurological deficit. Bilateral gluteal compartment syndrome is verythat doctrine Ms. Perez raised genuine issues of material fact to the district court. Accordingly, we reverse the grant of summary judgment and remand this case for further proceedings.

FACTS
The pertinent facts submitted by the parties in connection with respondents' motion for summary judgment are as follows. On April 15, 1985, Marco Lopez, a prisoner at the Clark County Detention Center, died of a massive brain hemorrhage, due apparently to an aneurism or a congenital defect in an artery.
Lopez had been detained and incarcerated on April 3, 1985. Two days later, after he complained that he was ill, Lopez was taken to the Las Vegas Medical Center, which was under contract to treat prisoners from the detention center. From April 5-9, Lopez was confined in the medical ward. During