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J. David Richardson, MD; Hiram C. Polk, Jr, MD

Arch Surg. 1981;116(4):478-479.

Abstract
• Adventitial cystic disease of the popliteal artery has been treated surgically in two patients. Both patients were young men, otherwise healthy, in whom disabling calf claudication developed. Arteriography demonstrated a crescentic defect in one patient and near-total midpopliteal occlusion in the other. Resection and a bypass graft resulted in complete relief of symptoms. This disease should be considered when examining a young person with claudication. The differential diagnosis of claudication in a young adult is primarily between this entity and popliteal artery entrapment syndrome.

(Arch Surg 1981;116:478-479)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, University of Louisville (Ky) School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 21, 1980.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40292 (Dr Richardson).

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