Unusual cause of intermittent claudication.
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.
Thalhammer
C
C
Department of Angiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. thalhammerc@uhbs.ch
Aschwanden
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M
Blum
B
B
Labs
K H
KH
Jaeger
K A
KA
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
D000925:Anticoagulants