title: Peripheral neurological complications of aortoiliac vascular disease.
abstract: Six patients with an aortoiliac vascular disease and a peripheral neurological deficit are presented. Clinical and electromyographic findings revealed lumbosacral plexus, sciatic and femoral nerve lesions. A correlation is made between the level of the vascular lesion (aortic, aortoiliac or distally) and the type of peripheral nerve deficit observed. In a patient complaining of pain, weakness, or numbness in a leg, the differential diagnosis should include aortoiliac vascular disease. The peripheral neurological symptoms may be the initial manifestation of the vascular disease or may appear in the early post-operative period.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging