Isolated popliteal vein entrapment.
We present two cases of isolated popliteal vein entrapment caused by the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle confirmed by both venography and magnetic resonance imaging of the knee.
Nelson
M C
MC
Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. 20007.
Teitelbaum
G P
GP
Matsumoto
A H
AH
Stull
M A
MA
D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D011152:Popliteal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging