title: Adventitial cystic disease of common femoral artery.
abstract: Adventitial cystic disease (ACD) is an uncommon cause of ischemia. The majority of ACD is located in the popliteal artery. Over 49 extrapopliteal locations have been described. We report on a case of femoral artery ACD in a young patient with claudication. The diagnosis was made with duplex ultrasound and confirmed with computed tomographic angiogram. The patient underwent a surgical treatment. One year postoperatively, the patient is active with no claudication. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of extrapopliteal artery ACD in Canada.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada. joel.gagnon.1@ulaval.ca
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gagnon
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Doyle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication; D008297:Male; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex