Stent-triggered 'electric shock' during leg bending 2 years after emergency iliac artery percutaneous revascularization

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2011 Sep;12(9):663-5. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328341023a.

Abstract

We report a case of a 41-year-old woman who underwent surgical removal of an uterine leiomyoma, complicated by accidental injury of the left external iliac artery, treated by suturing. A few days after the intervention the patient was treated with emergency percutaneous stent implantation for acute thrombotic occlusion of the external iliac artery. Two years later, the patient began to complain of pain in the left leg, as an 'electric shock' sensation in the leg during squatting and leg adduction on the trunk. An angiographic control showed a critical in-stent restenosis at the level of a misplaced stent. Thus the patient was submitted to surgical exploration and stent removal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / adverse effects*
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / etiology
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / therapy*
  • Device Removal
  • Female
  • Femoral Neuropathy / diagnostic imaging
  • Femoral Neuropathy / etiology*
  • Femoral Neuropathy / surgery
  • Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Iliac Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Iliac Artery / injuries*
  • Leiomyoma / surgery
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / diagnostic imaging
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology*
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / surgery
  • Radiography
  • Stents / adverse effects*
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombosis / etiology
  • Thrombosis / therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery
  • Vascular System Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular System Injuries / etiology
  • Vascular System Injuries / therapy*