Aortoiliac occlusive disease
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In medicine, aortoiliac occlusive disease, also known as Leriche's syndrome and Leriche syndrome, consists of atherosclerotic occlusive disease involving the abdominal aorta and or both of the iliac arteries.
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[edit] Symptoms
The syndrome is characterized by the triad of symptoms consisting of absent or diminished femoral pulses, claudication or pain with walking in the buttocks and legs and penile impotence.
[edit] Treatment
- Aortoiliac bypass graft
[edit] Discovery
The condition was first described by Robert Graham in 1814 but the condition with its triad of symptoms was best ascribed to René Leriche.[citation needed] Leriche was a surgeon in France who liked to link physiology with the anatomy of a condition. Leriche first published on the subject based on a patient he treated with the condition at the age of 30. Following treatment the 30 year old was able to walk with pain and maintain an erection.[citation needed]
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[edit] External links
- Aortoiliac occlusive disease vascularweb.org
- Leriche's syndrome - whonamedit.com
- Coronal CT of Leriche' syndrome - learningradiology.com
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