Critical limb ischemia in a patient with von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis - Report of a case

A 42-year-old woman complicated with neurofibromatosis underwent both ballo on percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the iliac artery and femo ropopliteal (FP) bypass grafting for critical lower limb ischemia. Seven mo nths after the initial intervention, a recurrence of stenosis in the iliac artery and at the anastomoses of the FP bypass necessitated both PTA and a repeat thrombectomy and finally resulted in the amputation of her left thig h. This is a rarely documented case of chronic arterial occlusion associate d with neurofibromatosis, in which the prognosis of arterial reconstruction for such patients is suggested to be poor.