title: Unusual causes of arterial insufficiency.
abstract: Most patients with vascular insufficiency in the legs suffer from atherosclerosis. Thus, it is easy to miss the diagnosis in occasional patients with disease due to other causes. Mechanical and functional disorders which affect major arteries or arterioles are described.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000868:Anterior Compartment Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities; D001167:Arteritis / Q000150:complications; D002422:Causalgia / Q000150:complications; D002647:Chilblains / Q000150:complications; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications; D004878:Ergotamine / Q000506:poisoning; D004916:Erythromelalgia / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D004878:Ergotamine