title: [Postexercise duplex ultrasound to diagnose external iliac endofibrosis].
abstract: Arterial endofibrosis is a disease of recent discovery which concerns high-performance athletes, predominantly competitive cyclists. The preferential location is the external iliac artery. The symptoms are diverse (pain, edema, paresthesia), always linked to an effort. The diagnosis may be delayed due to atypical symptoms in athletes. Complementary tests are measure of the systolic pressure index after exercise, duplex ultrasound, CT angiography, MR angiography and arteriography. We report a case of endofibrosis where late diagnosis was established with postexercise duplex ultrasound, while CT angiography and arteriography failed to reveal characteristic abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital de la Timone, assistance publique hôpitaux de Marseille, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France. gabrielle.sarlon@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sarlon-Bartoli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lazraq
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bartoli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lagrange
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Coudreuse
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Belenotti
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bartoli
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Viton
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Magnan
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012420:Running; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler