di Marzo L, Della Rocca C, d'Amati G, Gallo P, Sciacca V, Mingoli A, Cavallaro A
Department of Surgery, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, Italy.
Eur J Vasc Surg. 1994 Jan;8(1):16-9. doi: 10.1016/s0950-821x(05)80113-6.
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.
