title: Isolated thigh claudication as a result of fibromuscular dysplasia of the deep femoral artery.
abstract: Isolated thigh claudication as a result of fibromuscular dysplasia of the deep femoral artery has not previously been reported. This case report describes a patient with fibromuscular dysplasia of the carotid arteries in whom progressive unilateral thigh claudication developed despite normal femoral pulses. Deep femoral artery occlusion caused by fibromuscular dysplasia was successfully treated by common femoral to distal deep femoral artery bypass. Fibromuscular dysplasia of the infrainguinal arteries is rare but should be included as a possible cause of lower extremity ischemic symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: LaBerge
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Ehrenfeld
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology*; D013848:Thigh / Q000098:blood supply