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Cirugía paraguaya
On-line version ISSN 2307-0420
Abstract
FILIZZOLA, Roberto; PAEZ, Laura; GAMARRA, José and FERNANDEZ, Arturo. EXTRA ANATOMICAL BY PASS AS TREATMENT OF ACTINAL ARTERITIS. Rev. Cir. Parag. [online]. 2017, vol.41, n.1, pp.33-35. ISSN 2307-0420. https://doi.org/10.18004/sopaci.abril.33-35.
Actinic arteritis is the lesion produced in the arteries by exposure to ionizing radiation previously used for radiotherapy treatment by diagnosis of a malignant neoplasm and occurs after years of exposure. We present the case of a patient with a history of anal canal cancer with exposure to pelvic radiotherapy 21 years ago who presented symptoms 8 years earlier with signs of progressive ischemia receiving medical treatment until critical ischemia in the left lower limb 7 months before With pain at rest and present lesion in the left hallux 15 days before their hospitalization, so that after the failure of the medical treatment was revascularization with the realization of an extra anatomical By Pass.
Keywords : Anatomic bypass; Radiotherapy; Malignant neoplasm..