External iliac artery endofibrosis is a rare disease affecting mainly highly trained cyclists. As the disease has only recently been described, the long term spontaneous evolution of external iliac artery endofibrosis is not known. We report a suspected case of forty-year spontaneous evolution of endofibrosis in a former competition cyclist. The results of this isolated original report suggest, as we intuitively presumed, that the lesions may stabilise when intensive training is stopped. Therefore, when no symptoms are noted on usual daily activity or submaximal exercise, surgery should not be performed. Surgery should only be considered, at the request of the subjects to allow them to continue competing.

Un ciclista de 23 años de edad y de categoria "élite" y que compite en carretera, nos consulta por un dolor a nivel del músculo vasto externo del cuadríceps de la pierna derecha. Este dolor es de aparición aguda, claudicante, relacionado con la intensidad de la solicitación física, se mantiene constante hasta que
no disminuye la intensidad de la pedalada y por este motivo le impide afrontar los momentos más intensos de la competición. El cuadro se presenta por primera vez hace un año, en el transcurso de una carrera "contra-reloj".
Actualmente en cada carrera presenta una crisis de dolor, idéntica de características, compatible con isquemia a nivel local y que le obliga a aflojar la intensidad de la pedalada. Ahora hace un mes y medio que evita altas intensidades de trabajo al ir en bicicleta y no tiene crisis de dolor, pero cuando pedalea afuerte intensidad le vuelve a pasar.

  • Title: Dynamic obstruction of the external iliac artery in endurance athletes and its relationship to endothelial function: the case of a long distance runner
  • Open Access: Nee
  • Language: English
  • Year: 1997
  • DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.31.2.156
  • Publication Date: 01-06-1997
  • Journal: BMJ - British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Authors:

    Isabel A Wright, Neil D Pugh, Jonathan Goodfellow, Andrew M Wood, Ian F Lane and Alan G Fraser

  • Pubmed ID: 9192135

There have been recent reports of exercise induced claudication in endurance trained athletes attributed to narrowing of the external iliac artery. Most patients have been competitive cyclists, and intimal hyperplasia has been cited as the cause. The case is reported here of a long distance runner who presented with similar symptoms.

  • Title: Traumatic occlusion of the external iliac artery in a racing cyclist: a cause of ill defined leg pain
  • Open Access: Nee
  • Language: English
  • Year: 1997
  • DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.31.2.155
  • Publication Date: 01-06-1997
  • Journal: BMJ - British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Authors:

    A J Taylor, W G Tennant, M E Batt and W A Wallace

  • Pubmed ID: 9192134

Stenosis of the external iliac artery in healthy athletes, although uncommon, has been reported in competition cyclists. A case of a racing cyclist whose chronic vague leg symptoms were incorrectly attributed to L4/5 nerve root irritation is reported. This highlights the importance of clinical vascular testing when assessing ill defined leg pain. The role of trauma as a causative factor in this condition has not been previously documented.

  • Title: External iliac artery stenosis in a young body builder
  • Open Access: Ja
  • Language: English
  • Year: 1996
  • DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1078-5884(96)80189-4
  • Publication Date: 01-05-1996
  • Journal: Elsevier - European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
  • Authors:

    H.S. Khaira, R.W. Awad, N. Aluwihare and C.P. Shearman

  • Pubmed ID: 8846190

With increased interest in vigorous sports for competition or leisure, the number of related injuries has increased. Arterial complications are rare, but have been described in  competition cyclists' and longdistance runners. We describe a case of isolated stenosis of the external iliac artery in a young body builder.