title: [Entrapped popliteal artery. Value of medical imaging and review of the literature].
abstract: Medical imaging techniques (Duplex-scan, arteriography, CT scan, magnetic resonance) are obviously the most important elements in the diagnosis and prognostic evaluation in cases of "entrapped" popliteal artery. The physiopathogenic mechanism of this arteriopathy is a localized microtrauma of the arterial wall due to vascular compression by pre-existing anatomic abnormalities of the popliteal fossa.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Saint-Michel, Paris.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Vuong
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Laurian
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Artère poplitée "piégée". Intérêt de l'imagerie médicale et revue de la littérature.