Posts Tagged ‘Exertional Leg Pain’
Debilitating Leg Pain
A 59-year-old male with short distance exercise-induced left leg pain. The pain was severe and was interfering with the patients actively living. He was seen and treated for neurogenic claudication for several months without any improvement. The patient had palpable pulses in the left foot, which was mistaken as indicating he had good blood flow…
Read MoreRight Flank Pain With Exertion
A 50-year-old female has right flank pain that occurs when walking. Extensive workup for nonvascular causes was done, and severe stenosis in the abdominal aorta was found. During further workup, the patient had typical symptoms of leg claudication. However, it was their flank pain that was causing the most concern. Flank pain due to claudication…
Read MoreOrbital Atherectomy
87-year-old male, living independently in a long-term facility. He could not walk from his room to the dining hall without stopping twice for severe left leg pain. Would 15 minutes to walk one block. Treated with atherectomy and angioplasty. He was able to walk out from the procedure to his car with no leg pain…
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