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...