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Waist Training Corset: An Unusual Cause of Acute Lower Limb Ischemia.
Ramcharan, Max Murray; Hanandeh, Adel; Donaldson, Brian; Safavi, Ali.
Affiliation
  • Ramcharan MM; General Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA.
  • Hanandeh A; General Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA.
  • Donaldson B; General Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA.
  • Safavi A; Surgery, Harlem Hospital Center, New York, USA.
Cureus ; 12(9): e10465, 2020 Sep 15.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33083168
Acute limb ischemia (ALI) can occur due to many causes. This article illustrates a novel case of a very rare presentation and etiology of acute lower extremity ischemia. This case involves a middle-aged female with a history of smoking and obesity who presented with right lower extremity (RLE) pain. The patient had undergone a liposuction procedure a few days prior to her presentation and had been wearing a waist training corset. The patient was found to have multivessel thrombotic occlusive plaques starting from the right common iliac to the right tibial arteries. She was fully worked up and no other etiologies of her presentation was found. Thus, we concluded that her presentation was very likely precipitated by wearing the training corset, leading to right iliac artery thrombosis or perhaps a formal iliac atherosclerotic plaque destabilization and ipsilateral limb showering with athero-thrombi.
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