Stenosis or complete occlusion of the iliac artery is extremely rare in longdistance runners. When pain in the thigh and buttocks develops, the diagnosis of arterial occlusive disease is often delayed in these patients, for degenerative changes in the skeletal and muscle system are more prevalent.Herein the authors present the case of a young female long-distance runner in whom the external iliac artery became occluded at the end of a 100 km course, although claudication had developed one year before. The temporal relationship between the onset of claudication and the complete arterial occlusion at the end of the last race may give further insight into the underlying pathological mechanism.'
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.