Popliteal Artery Entrapment: Eight Years Experience

Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome presenting as acute limb ischemia in pregnancy

“…All of these activities require repeated forceful contraction of the calf, which results in hypertrophy. 2 Early in the clinical course, the artery is patent except during muscle contraction. Symptoms are sudden in onset during exercise and include paresthesia, blanching, coldness, and cramps, which resolve with a change of position.…”

“…It is of utmost importance to keep nonatheromatous diseases in mind, especially in young patients with ischemia. 2 Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES) is an uncommon cause of lower extremity claudication most often seen in athletes. We present a case of a 32-year-old pregnant woman with acute limb ischemia found to have popliteal artery thrombosis as a result of PAES.…”

“…To our knowledge, this is only the second reported case in the literature. 2 We review PAES and the diagnostic as well as therapeutic challenges associated with presentation in pregnancy. The patient consented to publication of this report.…”

Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome with Atypical Claudication and Popliteal Artery Aneurysm

“…However, our patient was a 67 year old male with chronic symptoms, contrary to our classic knowledge. Some patients may be asymptomatic until the acute vascular occlusion or post-stenotic dilatation caused by thromboembolic complications (5,6) . In our case, the symptoms occurred after the thrombosis of the aneurysm.…”

Tratamiento quirúrgico del síndrome de atrapamiento de arteria poplítea: nuestra experiencia

“…En los casos en que la permeabilidad de la arteria poplítea no pueda ser garantizada mediante la sección del tendón aberrante, la revascularización mediante injerto venoso será la técnica de elección, mediante la realización de un bypass poplíteo-poplíteo (como sucedió enEn el SAAP, el tratamiento endovascular no ha demostrado efi cacia. Por ello, está contraindicada la recanalización mediante angioplastia y stent, por la compresión extrínseca, la movilización en la interlínea articular y los malos resultados en este sector [22][23][24][25] . En conclusión, podemos decir que el SAAP es una causa infrecuente pero importante de isquemia arterial en pacientes jóvenes, que debe incluirse en el diagnóstico diferencial ante la oclusión aguda de la arteria poplítea, claudicación o dolores atípicos en pacientes jóvenes, especialmente varones.…”