title: [Segmental vasculitis. Report of a case involving the popliteal artery].
abstract: A case of occlusion of the popliteal artery, in a young female patient with limb threatening ischemia, probably due to a segmental vasculitis, is reported. The surgical treatment, consisting of a femoro-distal bypass, was able to improve dramatically tissue perfusion; however, due to septic complications, major limb amputation was unavoidable. It is stressed that the treatment of vasculitis should be adapted to each individual case; in selected patients, surgical revascularization appears to offer the only possibility of correcting a "desperate" situation.
authors.affiliation: I Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavallaro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Vasculiti segmentarie. Su un caso interessante l'arteria poplitea.