Cystic adventitial degeneration of the popliteal artery: lectin-histochemical study.
A case of cystic adventitial degeneration (CAD) of the popliteal artery is presented. Histologically the cyst appeared localised in the adventitia, outside the elastic lamina. A lectin-histochemical study evaluated the following peroxidase conjugated lectins: Peanut agglutinin, Concanavalin A, Ulex Europaeus (UEA I) and Wheat Germ Agglutinin. The lack of UEA I reactivity excluded an arterial origin of the cyst. Moreover, the lectin binding pattern of CAD appeared to be similar to the reactivity pattern of normal synovia.
di Marzo
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Department of Surgery, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, Italy.
Della Rocca
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C
d'Amati
G
G
Gallo
P
P
Sciacca
V
V
Mingoli
A
A
Cavallaro
A
A
D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000737:chemistry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography
D037102:Lectins