A Case Report of Popliteal Ganglion Causing Intermittent Claudication

Abstract

A 43-year-old man visited a previous doctor with intermittent claudication of the left lower leg. He was referred to our hospital on the suspicion of left lower extremity arterial stenosis. CT and MRI showed that the left popliteal artery was compressed by a multilocular cystic structure, resulting in focal stenosis. He was diagnosed with left popliteal adventitial cystic disease. The stenotic lesion was surgically resected and replaced with the saphenous vein graft. Pathologically, the cystic lesion was located outside the arterial wall and was diagnosed as a ganglion.