title: Unusual cause of intermittent claudication.
abstract: Spontaneous dissection of a peripheral artery is a rare event. We report a case of a spontaneous, non-atherosclerotic and non-aneurysmal dissection limited to the external iliac artery in a 60-year-old woman who was admitted with a left calf claudication. Non-invasive examination documented signs of leg ischemia due to a floating wall dissection of the external iliac artery. After medical treatment over eight weeks the dissection membrane had been adapted to the vessel wall. A similar case of a spontaneous dissection limited to the external iliac artery, followed by a spontaneous healing has not been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Angiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. thalhammerc@uhbs.ch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thalhammer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aschwanden
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Labs
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Jaeger
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants