title: Intermittent foot claudication caused by a dynamic compression of the posterior tibial artery.
abstract: A young adult presented with an atypical intermittent foot claudication caused by a dynamic compression of the posterior tibial artery by a ganglion. This case highlights the diagnostic challenges when dealing with an entrapment syndrome. Subsequent open surgical treatment was successful, and the patient has made a good recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, ABM University Health Board, Swansea, UK.
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaczynski
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, ABM University Health Board, Swansea, UK.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Topliss
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, ABM University Health Board, Swansea, UK.
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fligelstone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005528:Foot / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D045888:Ganglion Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010991:Plethysmography; D016909:Tibial Arteries / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery