Leriche's syndrome

Introduction

Aortoiliac vascular insufficiency resulting from chronic occlusive disease below the renal arteries.

Clinical manifestations

• bilateral hip, thigh, & buttock claudication
• symmetric muscle atrophy of bilateral lower extremities
  • due to chronic ischemia (peripheral arterial disease)
• impotence &/or erectile dysfunction may occur in males

Radiology

• angiography shows atherosclerosis in the abdominal aorta & iliac artery

Differential diagnosis

• abdominal aortic aneurysm

More general terms

• syndrome