Popliteal artery entrapment: findings at MR imaging.
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can noninvasively demonstrate the anatomic relationships between the popliteal artery and the muscles within the popliteal fossa, making it an ideal screening test for popliteal artery entrapment prior to angiography or surgery. The authors describe a patient with bilateral type II popliteal artery entrapment in whom the anomaly was diagnosed in the asymptomatic extremity with MR imaging.
McGuinness
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Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.
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Rutherford
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Thickman
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Kumpe
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