title: Stent-triggered 'electric shock' during leg bending 2 years after emergency iliac artery percutaneous revascularization.
abstract: We report a case of a 41-year-old woman who underwent surgical removal of an uterine leiomyoma, complicated by accidental injury of the left external iliac artery, treated by suturing. A few days after the intervention the patient was treated with emergency percutaneous stent implantation for acute thrombotic occlusion of the external iliac artery. Two years later, the patient began to complain of pain in the left leg, as an 'electric shock' sensation in the leg during squatting and leg adduction on the trunk. An angiographic control showed a critical in-stent restenosis at the level of a misplaced stent. Thus the patient was submitted to surgical exploration and stent removal.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Department of Vascular Surgery, Policlinico Hospital, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. deio81@libero.it
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Iaccarino
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Politi
authors.forename: Tiziano
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Curti
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Modena
authors.forename: Giuseppe M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Sangiorgi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D020428:Femoral Neuropathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D057772:Vascular System Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*