A Baker ’s cyst causing popliteal artery occlusion: Not just your usual case of intermittent claudication…

A 75-year-old gentleman presented to vascular outpatient clinic with progressive short distance claudication. Examination elicited only a palpable femoral pulse in the affected leg. All pulses were palpable in the contralateral leg. CT angiography and MRI revealed a short popliteal artery occlusion, intimately related to a 4x4x3cm cystic swelling in an otherwise healthy vessel. No other significant peripheral arterial disease was identified. The differential diagnosis was cystic adventitial disease and the patient was listed for excision of the occluded popliteal artery, followed by a venous interposition graft using a posterior popliteal exposure.
Source: International Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research