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Cystic adventitial degeneration of the popliteal artery: Lectin histochemical study

1994; Elsevier BV; Volume: 8; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0950-821x(05)80113-6

1876-472X

Luca di Marzo, Carlo Della Rocca, Giulia d’Amati, Piero Gallo, Vincenzo Sciacca, Andrea Mingoli, Antonino Cavallaro,

Blood properties and coagulation

A case of cystic adventitial degeneration (CAD) of the popliteal artery is presented. Histologically the cyst appeared localised in the adventitia, outside the elastic lamina. A lectin-histochemical study evaluated the following peroxidase conjugated lectins: Peanut agglutinin, Concanavalin A, Ulex Europaeus (UEA I) and Wheat Germ Agglutinin. The lack of UEA I reactivity excluded an arterial origin of the cyst. Moreover, the lectin binding pattern of CAD appeared to be similar to the reactivity pattern of normal synovia.