Publication | Closed Access
Unilateral Congenital Absence of the External Iliac and Femoral Arteries
79
Citations
0
References
1960
Year
KinesiologyPrimitive Axial ArteryExternal IliacAffected LimbExercise PhysiologyArterial ReconstructionsLower Limb TraumaVascular SurgeryVascular MalformationMusculoskeletal FunctionApplied PhysiologyRehabilitationCongenital Heart AnomalyMedicineOrthopaedic SurgeryPeripheral Artery DiseasePhysical TherapyHealth Sciences
A syndrome of unilateral lower limb under-development and claudication on exercise is described. We believe this to be due to persistence of the primitive axial artery of the affected limb, with failure to develop of the external iliac and femoral vessels.