DEMONSTRATION OF CYSTIC ADVENTITIAL DISEASE BY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING

In a 34-year-old woman with intermittent calf claudication, cystic adv entitial disease of the popliteal artery was demonstrated by intravasc ular ultrasound imaging. Multiple intramural cystic masses were seen t o be compressing the arterial lumen. The diagnosis of cystic adventiti al disease was confirmed by surgery. Intravascular ultrasound imaging reliably identifies cystic adventitial disease; its application can be recommended as an alternative to established diagnostic procedures (c omputed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging) in patients undergoing angiography.