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Claudication in an adolescent with a hypoplastic femur
G S Huard1, A E Williamson, R Fausel
1Department of Surgery and Pathology, Eisenhower Memorial Hospital, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Annals of Vascular Surgery
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
The most common cause of claudication is atherosclerosis obliterans. However, when it presents in adolescence, other causes should be considered. We describe the case of a 15-year-old girl who had severe intermittent claudication 8 years after a limb-lengthening procedure for a hypoplastic femur. The lesion responsible was an isolated fibromuscular dysplastic segment of the distal superficial femoral artery and proximal popliteal artery. The etiology, treatment, and histopathology are discussed.