title: Popliteal artery thrombosis secondary to a tibial osteochondroma.
abstract: Popliteal artery thrombosis may present as a complication of an osteochondroma located in the vicinity of the knee joint. This is a case report of a 26-year-old man with symptoms of the right lower extremity ischaemia without a previous history of vascular disease or trauma. Plain radiography, magnetic resonance angiography and Doppler ultrasonography documented the presence of an osteochondrous structure of the proximal tibial metaphysis, which displaced and compressed the popliteal artery, causing its occlusion due to intraluminal thrombosis..The patient was operated and histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of osteochondroma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Occupational Disease and Hypertension, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland. kgruber@chzaw.am.wroc.pl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gruber-Szydło
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poręba
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Belowska-Bień
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Derkacz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Badowski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andrzejak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szuba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004691:Endarterectomy; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D017131:Thrombectomy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013977:Tibia; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler