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Blue Toe Syndrome

Known as: Blue Toe Syndrome [Disease/Finding], Syndrome, Blue Toe 
A condition that is caused by recurring atheroembolism in the lower extremities. It is characterized by cyanotic discoloration of the toes, usually… 
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2007
2007
[Blue toe syndrome; a sign of end-arterial occlusion].
Three patients, two women aged 66 and 43 years, respectively, and a man aged 76 years, presented with sudden, painful, blue areas… 
2003
2003
Blue toe syndrome: a rare complication of acute pancreatitis.
CONTEXT Blue toe syndrome is an unusual complication of acute pancreatitis. It is characterized by tissue ischemia secondary to… 
2002
2002
Angioplasty with Stenting Is Effective in Treating Blue Toe Syndrome
Blue to syndrome is a manifestation of distal embolization associated with significant pain and risk of tissue loss. The… 
2000
2000
Mobile thrombi in the abdominal aorta in cases of lower extremity embolic arterial occlusion: value of extended transthoracic echocardiography.
1998
1998
Blue toe syndrome after initiation of low-dose oral anticoagulation.
Cholesterol emboli are a known complication after arterial catheterization, arterial surgery, and after lysis with plasminogen… 
1994
1994
External iliac ligation and axillary-bifemoral bypass for blue toe syndrome.
BACKGROUND This report describes six patients with atheroemboli to both lower extremities that originated from the abdominal… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Femoral artery hypoplasia and persistent sciatic artery with blue toe syndrome: a case report, histologic analysis and review of the literature.
When the primitive sciatic artery remains the major artery in the thigh, the superficial femoral artery is usually poorly… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Reversal of Gangrenous Lesions in the Blue Toe Syndrome with Lovastatin A Case Report
A seventy-six-year-old man with ischemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, and chronic renal failure developed… 
1990
1990
Atherothrombotic microembolism of the lower extremities (the blue toe syndrome) from atherosclerotic non-aneurysmal aortic plaques.
Six patients with no hemodynamically significant atherosclerotic lesions of the lower limb arteries but with ischemic changes of… 
1980
1980
Bilateral blue toe syndrome. A case report.
  • M. RosenbergD. Shah
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
  • 1980
  • Corpus ID: 43730364
IN 1945, Flory1described episodes of multiple emboli of atheromatous material to small arteries. Although these arteries perfused… 
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