Case report of adventitial cystic disease of the popliteal artery presented with the "dog-leg" sign

International Angiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-78

  Nano, G ^a   Dalainas, I ^a,b   Casana, R ^a   Stegher, S ^a   Malacrida, G ^a   Tealdi, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Connective tissue disease, cystic; Intermittent claudication; Popliteal artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPLITEAL CYSTIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; POPLITEAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 34249814341     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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