Acute Superficial Femoral Artery Thrombosis Diagnosed by Bedside Ultrasound
No. 27 (2019), Case reports
No. 27 (2019)

Acute Superficial Femoral Artery Thrombosis Diagnosed by Bedside Ultrasound

Case reports
Published 2019-02-04
Chady El Tawil
Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
R Jreige
Department of Emergency Medicine, CHRU Montpellier, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
M Sebbane
Department of Emergency Medicine, CHRU Montpellier, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
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Keywords

arterial thrombosis
bedside ultrasound
peripheral artery disease

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Tawil, C. E., Jreige, R., & Sebbane , M. (2019). Acute Superficial Femoral Artery Thrombosis Diagnosed by Bedside Ultrasound. Mediterranean Journal of Emergency Medicine, (27), 23-24. Retrieved from http://mjemonline.com/index.php/mjem/article/view/105
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Abstract

A 66-year-old male patient with a history of peripheral artery disease presented with left lower extremity pain of 5 days duration exacerbated few hours ago. Bedside ultrasound, performed by the emergency physician, showed a patent left common femoral artery and an echogenicity obturating the lumen of the left superficial femoral artery with almost complete absence of flow on Doppler flow meter at this level. Computed tomography angiography confirmed the diagnosis and the patient was admitted for anticoagulation and surgical repair. Bedside ultrasound can help in the diagnosis of arterial thrombosis and prompt faster management and disposition.

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