ISSN : 1301-5680
e-ISSN : 2149-8156
Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery     
Type 2 popliteal artery entrapment syndrome: a case report
Erdal Aslım1, Hakkı Tankut Akay1, Oktay Korun1, Rahmi Can Akgün2
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey
2Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Medical Faculty of Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.178
In this article, we report a 39-year-old male case who was admitted with claudication and diagnosed with popliteal artery entrapment syndrome. The angiographic imaging demonstrated the deviation of the popliteal artery out of its natural tract. The diagnosis of popliteal artery entrapment syndrome was established by means of magnetic resonance imaging. The impingement of the popliteal artery was corrected surgically. The patient was asymptomatic during the follow-up period.
Keywords : Claudication; entrapment syndrome; popliteal artery
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