Bilateral Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome: A case report.
- Author:
Chang Sig CHOI
1
;
Dae Hyun WHANG
;
Byung Chel WEE
;
Hyung kil KANG
;
Young Min WOO
;
Min Gyun IM
;
Lee Su KIM
;
Bong Hwa LEE
;
Sung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery and 1Radiology, Hallym University, College of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Popliteal artery;
Entrapment syndrome
- MeSH:
Athletes;
Cyanosis;
Endarterectomy;
Follow-Up Studies;
Head;
Humans;
Inlays;
Intermittent Claudication;
Leg;
Male;
Muscle, Skeletal;
Pallor;
Popliteal Artery*;
Transplants;
Veins;
Walking
- From:Journal of the Korean Society for Vascular Surgery
1999;15(1):139-144
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A case of symptomatic bilateral popliteal artery entrapment syndrome is reported. A twenty-one-year old male, a candidate of athlete, complained of coldness, weakness, pallor and cyanosis of right lower leg and intermittent claudication to both calves during walking or exercise for ten months. Studies revealed that the right popliteal artery was completely occluded, but the left popliteal artery was non-occlusive. An endarterectomy and onlay vein patch graft to the thrombosed and fibrotic right popliteal artery, and myotomies of bilateral medial heads of gastrocnemius muscle were done (May 20, 1998). Follow-up examinations for the last ten months showed a complete relief of symptoms with normal distal arterial flow. It is thought that even though the majority of patients present with unilateral calf claudication, the possiblity of bilateral problems need to be also considered.
