[The Compression Syndrome of Lumbar Arteries - Case Report of a Rare Disease Pattern].
METHODS
We present a monocentric analysis of the lumbar artery compression syndrome (LACS) in the form of a case report.


OBJECTIVE
Literature information was collected about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of this rare disorder in the context of the existing data.


METHODS
The current medical literature includes only one report about three cases of LACS, collected over 20 years in France and Germany. We compared these cases with the experience of the European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht.


RESULTS
The symptoms of this rare disorder are dominated by reversible, motion-dependent paralysis of the legs. Compression of the right lumbar arteries by muscular fibres or connective tissue is a fundamental cause.


CONCLUSIONS
Surgical treatment, which means decompression of the lumbar arteries via a thoracolaparotomy, is an appropriate therapy with few complications and good long-term results.
Europäisches Gefäßzentrum Aachen-Maastricht, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Deutschland.
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Gombert
Europäisches Gefäßzentrum Aachen-Maastricht, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Deutschland.
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Kalder
Klinik für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Neuroradiologie, Aachen, Deutschland.
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Mull
Klinik für Allgemein-, Visceral- und Gefäßchirurgie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Deutschland.
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Greiner
Europäisches Gefäßzentrum Aachen-Maastricht, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Deutschland.
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Jalaie
Europäisches Gefäßzentrum Aachen-Maastricht, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Deutschland.
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Jacobs
Europäisches Gefäßzentrum Aachen-Maastricht, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Deutschland.
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Grommes
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D020759:Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000098:blood supply*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery