Bilateral Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome

양측성 슬와동맥 포착증후군

  • Yoo, Dong-Gon (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gangneung Asan Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Chong-Wook (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gangneung Asan Hospital) ;
  • Park, Chong-Bin (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gangneung Asan Hospital)
  • 유동곤 (강릉아산병원 흉부외과) ;
  • 김종욱 (강릉아산병원 흉부외과) ;
  • 박종빈 (강릉아산병원 흉부외과)
  • Published : 2007.02.05

Abstract

Bilateral popliteal artery entrapment syndrome is a rare vascular disease, which leads to ischemic claudication as a result of disturbance to the blood flow from the abnormal relationship of the popliteal artery to the gastrocnemius muscle, a fibrous band or the popliteus muscle in the young male population. A 58-years-old male patient, complaining of ischemic claudication, coldness and 3rd toe gangrene of left leg of 1 month's duration was admitted to our institution. His left ankle-brachial index was decreased; therefore, a femoral artery angiography was peformed, which revealed a total occlusion below the distal superficial femoral artery of the left leg. An EKG revealed atrial fibrillation, suggestive of a thromboembolism of the popliteal artery due to atrial fibrillation; therefore, Urokinase thrombolysis was attempted. After the Urokinase thrombolysis, popliteal artery entrapment syndrome was diagnosed, with MRI then performed for an anatomical diagnosis. The popliteal artery entrapment was type 1, where the popliteal artery was displaced medial to the Gastrocnemius head. After complete removal of the popliteal artery aneurysm, interposition was performed with a contra lateral greater saphenous vein graft. A mild right popliteal artery aneurysm still remained, but surgery was not performed. Currently, the patent is surviving, without complications. Herein, the good results obtained for the surgical treatment of a severely affected leg, and the conservative treatment of a mildly affected leg, are reported.

양측성 슬와동맥 포착증후군은 주로 젊은 남자에게서 슬와동맥과 비복근, 섬유대, 슬와근과의 비정상적인 주행관계에 의한 혈류장애로 허혈성 파행을 유발하는 드문 말초 혈관질환이다. 58세 남자환자가 내원 1개월 전부터 시작된 좌측 하지의 허혈성 파행, 냉감, 3번 발가락 괴사로 입원하였다. 발목-상완 지수 감소 소견을 보여 대퇴동맥 혈관조영술을 시행하였고 좌측 하지 천부 대퇴동맥 원 위부 이하 부위 완전폐쇄소견 보였다. 심전도상 심방세동 보여서 슬와동맥 혈전증을 의심하고 유로키나제 혈전용해술을 시행하기로 결정하였다. 혈전용해술 후 좌측 슬와동맥 포착증후군이 진단되었고 해부학적 확진을 위하여 자기공명촬영를 시행하였다. 슬와동맥이 비복근 내측으로 주행하는 제1형으로 진단되었고, 슬와동맥류를 완전 제거하고 반대측 대복제정맥를 이용하여 대치술을 시행하였다. 경미한 우측 슬와동맥류는 수술하지 않고 관찰 중에 있으며 현재까지 합병증 없이 개통성이 유지되고 있다. 이에 심하게 이환된 하지는 수술적 치료를 시행하고, 경미하게 이환된 하지는 보존적 치료로 좋은 결과를 얻었기에 보고하는 바이다.

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