Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2013, Pages 103 - 105
Bilateral lower extremity arterial thromboembolism mimicking conversion disorder
Authors
Umut Yucel Cavusa, Mahmut Nedim Aytekinb, *, Sema Avcia, Macit Aydina, Mehmet Sait Doganc
aDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
bDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
cDepartment of Radiology, Mardin State Hospital, Mardin, Turkey
*Corresponding author. Ankara Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Bilkent Yolu No: 3, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey. Tel.: +90 505 2401436. E-mail address: nedimaytekin@hotmail.com (M.N. Aytekin).
Corresponding Author
Mahmut Nedim Aytekin
Received 6 August 2012, Revised 8 November 2012, Accepted 22 November 2012, Available Online 2 January 2013.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.artres.2012.11.003How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Arterial thromboembolism; Conversion disorder; Arteriography
- Abstract
Thromboembolic causes of acute limb ischemia are not frequent; however, an immediate true therapy is needed to save the extremity. Here we presented a case with bilateral lower extremity arterial thromboembolism mimicking conversion disorder. Conversion disorder and acute arterial embolism can be confronted in different patterns. This case proved us that anamnesis can be misleading and manipulating to evaluate patients. Furthermore, our report may potentially highlight the inadequacies in the guidelines for diagnosis.
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- © 2012 Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license.
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TY - JOUR AU - Umut Yucel Cavus AU - Mahmut Nedim Aytekin AU - Sema Avci AU - Macit Aydin AU - Mehmet Sait Dogan PY - 2013 DA - 2013/01/02 TI - Bilateral lower extremity arterial thromboembolism mimicking conversion disorder JO - Artery Research SP - 103 EP - 105 VL - 7 IS - 2 SN - 1876-4401 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2012.11.003 DO - 10.1016/j.artres.2012.11.003 ID - Cavus2013 ER -