title: Role of CT angiography in the diagnosis and treatment of popliteal vascular entrapment syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Popliteal vascular entrapment syndrome is an uncommon congenital abnormality of the anatomic relations between the popliteal vessels and the neighboring musculotendinous structures. The purpose of this essay is to describe the CT angiographic findings in the diagnosis and treatment of this syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Digital subtraction angiography is of limited value in the evaluation of popliteal vascular entrapment syndrome and has been replaced by noninvasive imaging techniques, such as Doppler sonography, CT angiography, MRI, and MR angiography.
authors: Department of Radiology, Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
authors: Hai
authors: H
authors: Zhong
authors: Jie
authors: J
authors: Gan
authors: Yuan
authors: Y
authors: Zhao
authors: Zhuodong
authors: Z
authors: Xu
authors: Cheng
authors: C
authors: Liu
authors: Guangrui
authors: G
authors: Shao
authors: Xuejun
authors: X
authors: Wu
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed