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Sushil K. Gupta, MD; Frank J. Veith, MD; Seymour Sprayregen, MD; Russell H. Samson, MD

Arch Surg. 1981;116(4):480-481.

Abstract
• Spontaneous resolution of thrombosis of the systemic arteries is a rarely documented phenomenon. Two patients are described in whom thrombus within the popliteal artery was noted to lyse spontaneously. This resulted in a decrease in ischemic symptoms and was documented by angiography. The spontaneous improvement that occurs in some patients with atherosclerotic femoropopliteal disease may be due to this mechanism as well as to increased flow via collateral vessels.

(Arch Surg 1981;116:480-481)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Vascular Surgery (Drs Gupta, Veith, and Samson), and Radiology (Dr Sprayregen), Montefiore Hospital-Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 21, 1980.

Reprint requests to the Department of Vascular Surgery, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, 111 E 210th St, New York, NY 10467 (Dr Gupta).

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