An unusual cause of calf pain.
Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome is an unusual presentation of calf pain to an accident and emergency department. We report the case of a 36-year-old man presenting with left calf pain and investigations confirmed the diagnosis of popliteal artery entrapment syndrome. A&E doctors should consider this diagnosis in their differential diagnoses for calf pain in younger patients particularly when obvious trauma is absent.
Aujla
K
K
Accident and Emergency Department, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen. Kash@aujlak.freeserve.co.uk
Ferguson
J
J
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*