[A rare cause of claudication in a young person: cystic adventitial degeneration of the popliteal artery. Case study].
The authors report a new case of cystic adventitial disease of the popliteal artery in a 43 year old woman. It is a rare disease in young people which concern essentially the adventitium of the arterial wall. When echographic aspect mimics thrombosed aneurysm aspect, the diagnostic is done by arteriography. Two surgical technics are convenient: the adventitiotomy and the venous bypass.
Baron
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Service de Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire, Hôpital Broussais, Paris.
Julia
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Sintes
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Jeraba
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Fabiani
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D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology*; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*
Une cause rare de claudication chez le sujet jeune: la dégénérescence kystique adventicielle de l'artère poplitée. A propos d'un cas.