A nurse is collecting data from a client who has multiple fractures in his left leg and reports severe pain and tingling in the extremity. The nurse should suspect which of the following complications?

A. Fat embolism syndrome typically presents with respiratory distress, confusion, and petechial rash, not localized tingling and severe pain. B. Pulmonary embolism involves sudden shortness of breath, chest pain, and possible hemoptysis, not isolated leg symptoms. C. Acute compartment syndrome is characterized by severe pain, tingling, numbness, and sometimes pallor or paralysis in the affected extremity. These symptoms result from increased pressure within a muscle compartment, making this the correct complication. D. Osteomyelitis involves infection of the bone, presenting with localized pain, redness, and fever, but tingling is not a classic early sign.