This is an interesting case of a 25-year-old woman with pulse less disease of both upper limbs. Colour Doppler ultrasound of the left upper limb showed dampened flow in the entire arterial system.
Spectral Doppler showed absence of tri phasic pattern with an almost venous flow pattern in the axillary artery, the brachial artery and the radial and ulnar arteries.
What is your diagnosis based on these colour Doppler images of the left upper limb?
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Spectral Doppler showed absence of tri phasic pattern with an almost venous flow pattern in the axillary artery, the brachial artery and the radial and ulnar arteries.
What is your diagnosis based on these colour Doppler images of the left upper limb?
http://www.ultrasound-images.com/vascular.htm#Takayasu_Arteritis_or_Aortoarteritis_or_Pulseless_disease
atherosclerosis
ReplyDeleteno... This is not atherosclerosis as the areas of stenosis are diffuse and not localised to any specific segments.
DeleteIn atherosclerosis the areas of stenosis are not diffuse but localised.