Vol 11, No 3 (2005)
Case report
Published online: 2005-06-21
Exostosis causing acute ischaemia of the lower limb
Acta Angiologica 2005;11(3):182-185.
Abstract
The authors present a young patient with symptoms of acute ischemia of the right lower limb caused by
a congenital exostosis of the right femur. The diagnosis and the way of treatment of this particular and rare
case was described. Operative treatment including repair of the damaged artery and removal of the bony
lesion was succesfully performed.
Keywords: exostosis of the femuracute limb ischaemia