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Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome

Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Abstract Intermittent claudication at an early age in patients with an otherwise normal vascular system may be due to an anomalous course of the popliteal artery. The condition is probably more frequent than indicated by the reporting of only 17 cases in the literature. We have seen two more patients with this syndrome. Diagnosis was made preoperatively in each of the young men. In neither was the anomaly present on the contralateral side. Both patients were successfully treated by dividing the medial head of the gastrocnemius, rerouting the popliteal artery, and performing thromboendarterectomy on the occluded vessel. References 1. Stuart TPA: Note on a variation in the course of the popliteal artery . J Anat Physiol 13:162, 1879. 2. Hamming JJ: Intermittent claudication at an early age, due to an anomalous course of the popliteal artery . Angiology 10:369-370, 1959.Crossref 3. Carter AE, Eban R: A case of bilateral developmental abnormality of the popliteal arteries and gastrocnemius muscles . Brit J Surg 51:518-522, 1964.Crossref 4. Turner GR, Gosney WG, Ellingson W, et al: Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome . JAMA 208:692-693, 1969.Crossref 5. Love JW, Whelhan TJ: Amer J Surg 109:620-624, 1965.Crossref 6. Chambardel-Dubreuil L: Variations des Arteres du Pelvis et du Membre Inférieur . Paris, Masson & Cie, 1925. 7. Hall KV: Anomalous insertion of the medial gastrocnemic head with circulatory complications . Acta Path Microbiol Scand supple., 148( (suppl) ):53-58, 1961. 8. Servello M: Clinical syndrome of anomalous position of the popliteal artery . Circulation 26:885-890, 1962.Crossref 9. Hall KV: Intravascular gastrocnemic insertion . Acta Chir Scand 128:193-196, 1964. 10. Hamming JJ, Vink U: Obstruction of the popliteal artery at an early age . J Cardiovasc Surg 6:516-524, 1965. 11. Mentha C: Malposition et Sténose extrinsèque de l'Artère poplitée par la Compression musculo-tendineuse du Jumeau interne . J Chir 91:489-500, 1966. 12. Rich NM, Hughes CW: Popliteal artery and vein entrapment . Amer J Surg 113:696-698, 1967.Crossref 13. Albertazzi VJ, Elliott TE, Kennedy JA: Popliteal artery entrapment . Angiology 20:119-128, 1969.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Surgery American Medical Association

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10.1001/archsurg.1970.01340300127021
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Abstract Intermittent claudication at an early age in patients with an otherwise normal vascular system may be due to an anomalous course of the popliteal artery. The condition is probably more frequent than indicated by the reporting of only 17 cases in the literature. We have seen two more patients with this syndrome. Diagnosis was made preoperatively in each of the young men. In neither was the anomaly present on the contralateral side. Both patients were successfully treated by dividing the medial head of the gastrocnemius, rerouting the popliteal artery, and performing thromboendarterectomy on the occluded vessel. References 1. Stuart TPA: Note on a variation in the course of the popliteal artery . J Anat Physiol 13:162, 1879. 2. Hamming JJ: Intermittent claudication at an early age, due to an anomalous course of the popliteal artery . Angiology 10:369-370, 1959.Crossref 3. Carter AE, Eban R: A case of bilateral developmental abnormality of the popliteal arteries and gastrocnemius muscles . Brit J Surg 51:518-522, 1964.Crossref 4. Turner GR, Gosney WG, Ellingson W, et al: Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome . JAMA 208:692-693, 1969.Crossref 5. Love JW, Whelhan TJ: Amer J Surg 109:620-624, 1965.Crossref 6. Chambardel-Dubreuil L: Variations des Arteres du Pelvis et du Membre Inférieur . Paris, Masson & Cie, 1925. 7. Hall KV: Anomalous insertion of the medial gastrocnemic head with circulatory complications . Acta Path Microbiol Scand supple., 148( (suppl) ):53-58, 1961. 8. Servello M: Clinical syndrome of anomalous position of the popliteal artery . Circulation 26:885-890, 1962.Crossref 9. Hall KV: Intravascular gastrocnemic insertion . Acta Chir Scand 128:193-196, 1964. 10. Hamming JJ, Vink U: Obstruction of the popliteal artery at an early age . J Cardiovasc Surg 6:516-524, 1965. 11. Mentha C: Malposition et Sténose extrinsèque de l'Artère poplitée par la Compression musculo-tendineuse du Jumeau interne . J Chir 91:489-500, 1966. 12. Rich NM, Hughes CW: Popliteal artery and vein entrapment . Amer J Surg 113:696-698, 1967.Crossref 13. Albertazzi VJ, Elliott TE, Kennedy JA: Popliteal artery entrapment . Angiology 20:119-128, 1969.Crossref

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Archives of Surgery – American Medical Association

Published: Dec 1, 1970

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