Absence of Clinical and Hemodynamic Consequences due to Posterior Tibial Artery Congenital Aplasia
The exact knowledge of popliteal artery and its branches' anatomic variations is important for the clinical practice of angiology, vascular surgery, and interventional procedures. Congenital absence of the artery leads, in some cases, to early malformations of the extremity in the childhood; ho...
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author | Karaolanis, Georgios Galyfos, George Karanikola, Evridiki Palla, Viktoria Varvara Filis, Konstantinos |
author_facet | Karaolanis, Georgios Galyfos, George Karanikola, Evridiki Palla, Viktoria Varvara Filis, Konstantinos |
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description | The exact knowledge of popliteal artery and its branches' anatomic variations is important for the clinical practice of angiology, vascular surgery, and interventional procedures. Congenital absence of the artery leads, in some cases, to early malformations of the extremity in the childhood; however, it may also remain asymptomatic. We present an unusual case of a 76-year-old male patient complaining of paraesthesia in both limbs and bilateral aplasia of posterior tibial artery (PTA). Physical examination, ankle-brachial indexes, before and after exercise, arterial duplex scan, and magnetic resonance arteriography were performed. Arterial pulses for PTA at the level of the ankle were normal; arterial duplex study showed biphasic arterial flow at the level of the ankle. Color duplex ultrasound as well as magnetic resonance arteriography revealed the absence of the PTA in both limbs. The vascularization of the fibula was bilaterally normal. The patient underwent also neurological examination and electromyography, which were normal. The evaluation of the possible clinical signs and symptoms and the hemodynamic consequences of this condition are further discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-44547462015-06-18 Absence of Clinical and Hemodynamic Consequences due to Posterior Tibial Artery Congenital Aplasia Karaolanis, Georgios Galyfos, George Karanikola, Evridiki Palla, Viktoria Varvara Filis, Konstantinos Case Rep Vasc Med Case Report The exact knowledge of popliteal artery and its branches' anatomic variations is important for the clinical practice of angiology, vascular surgery, and interventional procedures. Congenital absence of the artery leads, in some cases, to early malformations of the extremity in the childhood; however, it may also remain asymptomatic. We present an unusual case of a 76-year-old male patient complaining of paraesthesia in both limbs and bilateral aplasia of posterior tibial artery (PTA). Physical examination, ankle-brachial indexes, before and after exercise, arterial duplex scan, and magnetic resonance arteriography were performed. Arterial pulses for PTA at the level of the ankle were normal; arterial duplex study showed biphasic arterial flow at the level of the ankle. Color duplex ultrasound as well as magnetic resonance arteriography revealed the absence of the PTA in both limbs. The vascularization of the fibula was bilaterally normal. The patient underwent also neurological examination and electromyography, which were normal. The evaluation of the possible clinical signs and symptoms and the hemodynamic consequences of this condition are further discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4454746/ /pubmed/26090262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/821094 Text en Copyright © 2015 Georgios Karaolanis et al. 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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Karaolanis, Georgios Galyfos, George Karanikola, Evridiki Palla, Viktoria Varvara Filis, Konstantinos Absence of Clinical and Hemodynamic Consequences due to Posterior Tibial Artery Congenital Aplasia |
title | Absence of Clinical and Hemodynamic Consequences due to Posterior Tibial Artery Congenital Aplasia |
title_full | Absence of Clinical and Hemodynamic Consequences due to Posterior Tibial Artery Congenital Aplasia |
title_fullStr | Absence of Clinical and Hemodynamic Consequences due to Posterior Tibial Artery Congenital Aplasia |
title_full_unstemmed | Absence of Clinical and Hemodynamic Consequences due to Posterior Tibial Artery Congenital Aplasia |
title_short | Absence of Clinical and Hemodynamic Consequences due to Posterior Tibial Artery Congenital Aplasia |
title_sort | absence of clinical and hemodynamic consequences due to posterior tibial artery congenital aplasia |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4454746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26090262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/821094 |
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