Diagnosaurus
Claudication, lower extremity
DDx
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Musculoskeletal pain
- Lumbar spinal stenosis (neurogenic or pseudoclaudication)
- Deep-vein thrombosis
- Lumbar disk disease
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Nocturnal leg cramps
- Arterial embolism
- Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease)
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Unilateral claudication in young, athletic person: popliteal artery entrapment, trauma, compression by Baker's cyst, popliteal adventitial cystic disease
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Claudication, Lower Extremity." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114606/all/Claudication__lower_extremity.
Zeiger RFR. Claudication, lower extremity. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114606/all/Claudication__lower_extremity. Accessed May 9, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Claudication, lower extremity. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114606/all/Claudication__lower_extremity
Zeiger RFR. Claudication, Lower Extremity [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 09]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114606/all/Claudication__lower_extremity.
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