Arteriosclerosis obliterans
Medical condition
| Arteriosclerosis obliterans | |
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| Abdominal aorta | |
| Specialty | Cardiology  |
| Symptoms | The symptoms are caused by ischemia of the tissues. Intermittent claudication is manifested by pain, (cramping), numbness, and fatigue in the muscles on exercise. These symptoms are relieved by rest. There may be “rest pain” at night when in bed. Also increased sensitivity to cold, muscular weakness, stiffness of the joints, and paresthesia . Sexual impotence |
Arteriosclerosis obliterans is an occlusive arterial disease most prominently affecting the abdominal aorta and the small- and medium-sized arteries of the lower extremities, which may lead to absent dorsalis pedis, posterior tibial, and/or popliteal artery pulses.[1]: 842
It is characterized by fibrosis of the tunica intima and calcification of the tunica media.
See also
- Arteriosclerosis
- Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis
- Skin lesion
References
- ^ James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6.
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