Cystic Adventitial Disease of the Popliteal Artery

Abstract

In 1954 Ejrup and Hiertonn recorded a case of stenosis of the popliteal artery caused by a cyst arising from the adventitia, and this case and three similar ones were described by Hiertonn, Lindberg, and Rob (1957) as " cystic degeneration of the popliteal artery." The cardinal features they described were those of a localized arterial disease of young adult males causing intermittent claudication of sudden onset, which was success- fully treated by resection of the affected arterial segment with autogenous vein graft or arterial homograft replacement.