Thigh claudication due to profunda femoris artery occlusion.
Thigh claudication is usually caused by aortoiliac occlusive disease. A patient with unilateral thigh claudication and normal femoral pulses was found to have isolated profunda femoris occlusion and was successfully treated by profundaplasty. Although this syndrome is rare, a review of vascular anatomy of the thigh and mechanisms of claudication explains its existence.
D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013848:Thigh / Q000098:blood supply