A girl with a cold foot

Rouwet, E.V.; Ten Raa, S.; Verhagen, H.J.M.

Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 160: D366

2016


ISSN/ISBN: 1876-8784
PMID: 27484424
Document Number: 685810
A 14-year-old girl presented with a progressively cold, pale foot. Pedal pulses were absent and there was sensory and motor loss. CT angiography revealed a thromboembolic occlusion of the crural arteries and a popliteal artery entrapment. Following thromboembolectomy with popliteal artery patch angioplasty and release of the gastrocnemius muscle, the girl fully recovered.

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