PATIENT WITH WEAKNESS IN LEFT LEG AND ABDOMİNAL PAIN: LERICHE SYNDROME

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Demir H. A., Öktem B., Yazol M., Karamercan M. A.

The Eighth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress, Rome, İtalya, 5 - 09 Eylül 2015, ss.10-11

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Rome
  • Basıldığı Ülke: İtalya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.10-11
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aortic occlusion is a rare but clinically important surgical emergency,
due to its high morbidity and mortality. Leriche syndrome is an
uncommon variant of atherosclerotic occlusive disease characterized
by total occlusion in abdominal aorta and/or both iliac arteries which
was first defined by Robert Graham in 1814 (1). Typical symptoms are
claudicatio in lower extremities, erectile dysfunction, weight loss and
symptoms related to an arterial insufficiency of the lower extremities
(2).