Scheinbarer thrombotischer Verschluß der tiefen Unterschenkelvenen infolge postischämischen Ödems bei degenerativer arterieller Durchblutungsstörung *

Summary Progressive, obliterative arterial disease of the femoral arteries can produce post-ischaemie oedema in the calf muscles. Two stages can be distinguished. In the first stage, increasing tissue pressure causes obliteration of flow through the deep calf veins. In stage II the arterial collaterals become obliterated. A combination of venography and arteriography is able to distinguish between these stages.