Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

BACKGROUND Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES) results from an anomalous relationship between the popliteal artery and the myofascial structures of the popliteal fossa. The most common presenting symptoms include intermittent pain in the feet and calves on exercise, resulting in lameness. PAES can lead to popliteal artery thrombosis, stenosis, distal arterial thromboembolism, or arterial aneurysm. The treatment of PAES includes surgical exploration with fasciotomy, myotomy, or sectioning of fibrous band formation, to release the popliteal artery. However, in cases with thrombotic occlusion, thromboendarterectomy with venous patch arterioplasty, or venous graft arterial bypass surgery may be required. This report describes the presentation and surgical management of a case of PAES presenting with limb pain and includes a review of the literature on this condition. CASE REPORT A previously healthy 47-year-old woman presented with a 20-day history of sudden pain in the left lower limb, associated with pallor and a loss of arterial pulses below the knee. Angiography of the affected limb showed occlusion of the left supragenicular popliteal artery, with arterial occlusion, suggestive of arterial thrombus. Imaging of the right popliteal artery, which was not occluded, showed that it was medially deviated. An ipsilateral saphenous vein graft was used to bypass the left supragenicular popliteal artery to the infragenicular popliteal artery, resulting in resolution of the patient's symptoms. CONCLUSIONS PAES is rare and can be under-diagnosed, possibly due to lack of knowledge of this condition. However, if the diagnosis is made early, the prognosis is usually favorable, following appropriate surgical treatment.

Temporal variation of breast cancer surgical treatment in a university hospital in Brazil's Central West region.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the types of surgical treatments for breast cancer performed by the Mastology program of the Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Goiás (HC-UFG). METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional, cohort study on the breast operations performed at HC-UFG from January 2002 to December 2009. We evaluated the surgical records for: surgical time and size, surgeon, type of operation, diagnosis, and type of anesthesia. The medical charts were researched for: pathology report of the tumor, lymph node involvement, primary tumor size, staging and performance of neoadjuvant therapies. We excluded operations for the removal of benign breast tumors. The temporal variation was analyzed using Poisson regression, considering the annual percentage change (APC). RESULTS: 403 operations were performed for breast cancer during the study period, with an average of 50.38 operations per year. The most common histological type was invasive ductal carcinoma (72.6%). The mean age of patients was 52 years, and 29% had disease in stages III and IV. The temporal trend revealed a significant increase in tumor size (p <0.01), the clinical stages III and IV (p = 0.01) and the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (p = 0.02). There was increase in mastectomies (APC = 9 cases/year, p = .04). There was no increase in cases of breast conservation treatments or of mastectomies with immediate reconstruction. CONCLUSION: In recent years, the HC-UFG has had an increased number of mastectomies as a result of increased incidence of locoregionally advanced breast cancer.

Variação temporal do tratamento cirúrgico do câncer de mama em um hospital universitário na região Centro-Oeste do Brasil / Temporal variation of breast cancer surgical treatment in a university hospital in Brazil's Central West region

OBJETIVO: avaliar os tipos de tratamentos cirúrgicos para o câncer de mama executados pelo Programa de Mastologia do Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal de Goiás (HC-UFG). MÉTODOS: estudo de coorte transversal no histórico de operações mamárias realizadas no HC-UFG, no período de janeiro de 2002 a dezembro de 2009. Foram avaliados através do boletim cirúrgico: o tempo e o porte cirúrgicos; o cirurgião responsável, o tipo de operação; o diagnóstico, e o tipo de anestesia. Através dos prontuários foram analisados: o laudo anatomopatológico do tumor, o comprometimento linfonodal, o tamanho do tumor primário, o estadiamento e a realização de terapias neoadjuvantes. Foram excluídas as operações realizadas para a retirada de tumores benignos da mama. A variação temporal foi analisada pela regressão de Poisson, considerando a mudança percentual anual (MPA). RESULTADOS: foram realizadas 403 operações de câncer de mama no período estudado, com uma média de 50,38 operações por ano. O tipo histológico mais frequente foi o carcinoma ductal invasor (72,6%). A média de idade das pacientes foi 52 anos, e 29% encontravam-se com doença nos estádios III e IV. A tendência temporal mostrou que houve aumento significativo do tamanho do tumor (p<0,01), dos estadios clínicos III e IV (p=0,01), e de quimioterapia neoadjuvante (p=0,02). Observou-se aumento de mastectomias (MPA=9 casos/ano, p=0,04). Não houve aumento dos casos de tratamentos com conservação mamária, nem de reconstruções imediatas. CONCLUSÃO: nos últimos anos, no HC-UFG, tem ocorrido aumento do número de mastectomias em decorrência do aumento de casos de câncer de mama locorregional avançado.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the types of surgical treatments for breast cancer performed by the Mastology program of the Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Goiás (HC-UFG). METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional, cohort study on the breast operations performed at HC-UFG from January 2002 to December 2009. We evaluated the surgical records for: surgical time and size, surgeon, type of operation, diagnosis, and type of anesthesia. The medical charts were researched for: pathology report of the tumor, lymph node involvement, primary tumor size, staging and performance of neoadjuvant therapies. We excluded operations for the removal of benign breast tumors. The temporal variation was analyzed using Poisson regression, considering the annual percentage change (APC). RESULTS: 403 operations were performed for breast cancer during the study period, with an average of 50.38 operations per year. The most common histological type was invasive ductal carcinoma (72.6%). The mean age of patients was 52 years, and 29% had disease in stages III and IV. The temporal trend revealed a significant increase in tumor size (p <0.01), the clinical stages III and IV (p = 0.01) and the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (p = 0.02). There was increase in mastectomies (APC = 9 cases/year, p = .04). There was no increase in cases of breast conservation treatments or of mastectomies with immediate reconstruction. CONCLUSION: In recent years, the HC-UFG has had an increased number of mastectomies as a result of increased incidence of locoregionally advanced breast cancer.