Case report of a 72-year-old man presenting with a painful thigh mass and angiographic evidence of atherosclerosis.
Alerts to rare atherosclerotic presentations without practice change; leaves open systematic evaluation of thigh masses in vascular cohorts.
Presentation of CaseA 72-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of a painful mass in the thigh.Three years earlier the patient became aware of swelling in the posterior portion of the right thigh. During the two months before entry the mass enlarged progressively; he began to have local pain while sitting, and after remaining seated for 30 to 60 minutes he experienced a sensation of "coolness" in the leg. An angiographic examination of the right common femoral, superficial femoral, and profunda femoris arteries was reported to show atherosclerosis but no indication that the mass was related to . . .
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