TY - JOUR
T1 - Epithelioid hemangioendotheliomia as a rare cause of blue toe syndrome
AU - Heldenberg, Eitan
AU - Rabin, Igor
AU - Cheyn, David
AU - Lorber, Jonathan
AU - Elkabetz, Erez
AU - Sandbank, Judith
AU - Bass, Arie
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - Blue toe syndrome (BTS), is a well-known entity of toe gangrene and rest pain secondary to micro emboli lodged within the digital arteries. BTS among young patients should alert physicians to look for causes such as trauma, connective tissue disease, hypercoagulability state, and others. We hereby describe a 32-year-old female with right BTS. A mass obstructing 80% of the right popliteal artery lumen was the source of emboli. The histologic results of the replaced arterial segment revealed a thrombus on top of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. This is the first description of the association between primary vascular tumor and BTS.
AB - Blue toe syndrome (BTS), is a well-known entity of toe gangrene and rest pain secondary to micro emboli lodged within the digital arteries. BTS among young patients should alert physicians to look for causes such as trauma, connective tissue disease, hypercoagulability state, and others. We hereby describe a 32-year-old female with right BTS. A mass obstructing 80% of the right popliteal artery lumen was the source of emboli. The histologic results of the replaced arterial segment revealed a thrombus on top of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. This is the first description of the association between primary vascular tumor and BTS.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.02.034
DO - 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.02.034
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AN - SCOPUS:80052546958
SN - 0741-5214
VL - 54
SP - 854
EP - 856
JO - Journal of Vascular Surgery
JF - Journal of Vascular Surgery
IS - 3
ER -
