Adductor canal compression syndrome. A forgotten disease
Paolo Sapienza 1, Elvira Tartaglia 1, Luigi Venturini 1, Piero Gallo 2, Luca Marzo 1
Affiliations
Article Info
1 Department of Surgery “Pietro Valdoni”, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy
2 Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathological Anatomy, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy
Abstract
Superficial femoral vessels entrapped at the level of the adductor canal are rarely described. We first report the case of a young patient who practices professional soccer, affected with superficial femoral vein and artery occlusion due to a hypertrophied vastus medialis and adductor magnus at the Hunter’s canal outlet. A careful literature search through MedLine was performed to elucidate the fascinating aspect of this occurrence.
Keywords
- Adductor canal syndrome
- Entrapment