Harrison's Manual of Medicine
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIES
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HISTORY
Most common symptom is intermittent claudication, a muscular aching or cramping with exercise, quickly relieved by rest. Pain in buttocks and thighs suggests aortoiliac disease; calf muscle pain implies femoral or popliteal artery disease. More advanced arteriosclerotic obstruction results in pain at rest; painful ulcers of the feet (sometimes painless in diabetics) may result.
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HISTORY
Most common symptom is intermittent claudication, a muscular aching or cramping with exercise, quickly relieved by rest. Pain in buttocks and thighs suggests aortoiliac disease; calf muscle pain implies femoral or popliteal artery disease. More advanced arteriosclerotic obstruction results in pain at rest; painful ulcers of the feet (sometimes painless in diabetics) may result.
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