Calcified Nodules in the Superficial Femoral Artery Confirmed by Intravascular Ultrasound, Angioscopy, and Histology

Kota Tanaka; Hiroyuki Nagai; Atsunori Okamura; Mutsumi Iwamoto; Satoshi Watanabe; Akinori Sumiyoshi; Satoshi Suzuki; Hirokazu Tanaka; Koichi Inoue; Yasushi Koyama; Katsuomi Iwakura; Kenshi Fujii

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.08.021

Calcified Nodules in the Superficial Femoral Artery Confirmed by Intravascular Ultrasound, Angioscopy, and Histology

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Oct 21;2(12):1862-1866. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.08.021. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital, Osaka, Japan.

Abstract

An 84-year-old man was admitted to the authors' hospital for the treatment of intermittent claudication. Angiography revealed an exophytic calcified nodules in the distal superficial femoral artery. Angioscopy also revealed abundant exophytic atherosclerotic calcification. Histology confirmed the diagnosis. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).

Keywords: CN, calcified nodule; IVUS; IVUS, intravascular ultrasound; OCT, optical coherence tomography; SFA, superficial femoral artery; angioscopy; calcified nodules; histological examination.

Publication types

Case Reports