title: Cystic adventitial degeneration of the popliteal artery: lectin-histochemical study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: di Marzo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Della Rocca
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: d'Amati
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sciacca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mingoli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavallaro
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins