1. Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome: Report of 2 Critical Aspects Cases
- Author
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Abdelatif Bouarhroum, Rachid Zaghloul, and H. Naouli
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Myotomy ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Entrapment ,Young Adult ,Aneurysm ,medicine.artery ,medicine ,Humans ,Popliteal Artery ,Young adult ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome ,Intermittent Claudication ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Popliteal artery ,Intermittent claudication ,Surgery ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Claudication ,business - Abstract
Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome is a rare and underdiagnosed cause of claudication in young adult. The typical clinical feature is calf claudication; the following case reports describe 2 rare clinical aspects, acute limb ischemia and pulsatile mass revealing a bilateral anatomic entrapment. These cases suggest that an early diagnosis is mandatory to avoid a dramatic clinical outcome and to limit the surgical treatment to a myotomy.
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- 2015