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External iliac artery endofibrosis: a 40-year course
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...
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External Iliac Artery Endofibrosis in Athletes
Atherosclerosis and inflammatory arterial diseases are rare in young people. Since the early 1980s, an increasing incidence of iliac arterial stenosis in competition cyclists has been reported. Histological findings in these individuals are specific,...
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Endofibrosis de la arteria ilíaca externa.
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...
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Lower Extremity Arterial Disease in Sports
The recent description of exercise-induced intimal fibrosis affecting mainly the iliac artery (and therefore usually described as external iliac artery endofibrosis) has dramatically changed the diagnostic approach of unexplained recurrent lower limb...
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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...
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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....