Cystic adventitial disease of the popliteal artery. Clinical aspects and etiology.
Cystic adventitial disease of the popliteal artery is a rare and benign disease. The appearance of claudication in a young male nonsmoker and the typical angiographic findings usually confirm the pathology. The treatment of choice is incision evacuation of the cyst. Long-term follow-up of two cases proved to be excellent with this therapy. A saphenous bypass graft provides a good alternative if incision evacuation fails to restore good peripheral pulses. The etiology of this lesion proves to be similar to a ganglion and is well demonstrated in two cases.
D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation