Histopathological comparison between endofibrosis of the high-performance cyclist and atherosclerosis in the external iliac artery

01 december 2008 Introduction: High performance athletes, predominantly professional cyclists, can develop symptomatic arterial flow restriction in one or both legs during exercise. The ischemic symptoms are caused by endofibrosis and/or kinking of the external iliac...

SIR 2008 Annual Meeting Film Panel Case: Arterial Endofibrosis

01 september 2008 The patient was a 31-year-old Armenian-American woman, single and nulliparous. She was an avid amateur athlete, formerly successful in competitive long-distance running and road bicycling. She had a 2-year history of bilateral thigh claudication during...

Iliac Artery Endofibrosis in Athletes: A Case Series

01 januari 2008 Introduction Endofibrosis of the external iliac arteries (IE) occurs in some high-performance athletes, particularly female cyclists, and causes leg pain on extreme exertion. Establishing the diagnosis in these cases is challenging, because a vascular...

Isquemia crónica dos membros inferiores, de etiologia não aterosclerótica, em desportistas jovens

01 januari 2008 Although rare, the iliac endofibrosis and the popliteal artery entrapment syndrome are undoubtfully recognized as causes of intermittent claudication in young patients, particularly in athletes. The authors report the clinical case of a young female...