[Giant cell arteritis of the leg arteries: saving the extremity by crural reconstruction?].
A 78-year-old female patient presented with pretibial necroses of the right leg, and a one year history of Polymyalgia rheumatica. Anamnestic, clinical, and radiological findings allowed the diagnosis of giant-cell leg arteritis. Limb salvage was achieved by femoro-crural bypass implantation.
Klinik für Gefäss-, Thorax- und Herzchirurgie, Universität Ulm.
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D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D012086:Reoperation; D016909:Tibial Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*