Images in emergency medicineElderly Man With Right Lower Leg Numbness
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Diagnosis
Acute arterial occlusion. This condition requires prompt recognition to avoid serious complications and potential limb amputation.1 Risk factors include atrial fibrillation, atherosclerosis, and arterial trauma, and symptoms include leg pain and numbness, absence of pulse, and paresthesia. Treatments mainly consist of emergency vascular surgery, intra-arterial thrombolysis, and transluminal percutaneous angioplasty.2
Surgeons performed a right femoral artery thrombectomy and removed a large
References (2)
- et al.
Acute bilateral lower extremity arterial occlusion without risk factors or embolic source
Am J Emerg Med
(2016) - et al.
Early versus late thrombolysis in acute arterial occlusion of lower extremity
Int J Cardiol
(2017)
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