Chronic Aortoiliac Thrombosis

Abstract

THE syndrome of chronic aortoiliac thrombosis is common. This fact has been recognized and reported with increasing frequency during recent years. The classic description of this disease provided by Leriche^{1 , 2} in 1940 resulted in frequent reference to the entity as the Leriche syndrome. As described by Leriche^{1 2 3} the typical symptom complex occurred in men in the third to sixth decades of life. Fatigue and weakness of the legs and inability to maintain a penile erection were emphasized as common complaints. Physical findings included absence of arterial pulses in the lower limbs, atrophy, pallor and absence of trophic changes. During the . . .