An Unusual Case of Acute Foot Drop Caused by a Pseudoaneurysm

Lower extremity neurologic symptoms are a common presenting problem. Here we report the case of a 73-year-old man who developed acute right foot pain and foot drop. History, physical examination, and electrodiagnostic studies were consistent with a lumbosacral plexopathy. Imaging studies revealed an...

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Autores principales: Wong, Christopher J., Kraus, Eric E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3147160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21811509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/515078
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description Lower extremity neurologic symptoms are a common presenting problem. Here we report the case of a 73-year-old man who developed acute right foot pain and foot drop. History, physical examination, and electrodiagnostic studies were consistent with a lumbosacral plexopathy. Imaging studies revealed an internal iliac artery pseudoaneurysm, a rare cause of acute foot drop.
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spelling pubmed-31471602011-08-02 An Unusual Case of Acute Foot Drop Caused by a Pseudoaneurysm Wong, Christopher J. Kraus, Eric E. Case Rep Med Case Report Lower extremity neurologic symptoms are a common presenting problem. Here we report the case of a 73-year-old man who developed acute right foot pain and foot drop. History, physical examination, and electrodiagnostic studies were consistent with a lumbosacral plexopathy. Imaging studies revealed an internal iliac artery pseudoaneurysm, a rare cause of acute foot drop. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3147160/ /pubmed/21811509 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/515078 Text en Copyright © 2011 C. J. Wong and E. E. Kraus. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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