Winslow pathway collaterals: an unusual arterial network in Takayasu arteritis.

We present a case of a young male with Takayasu arteritis with middle aortic syndrome and Winslow pathway collaterals with lower limb ischaemia, hypertension, coronary occlusion and stroke. The extensive collateral formation was visible as a clinical finding over the abdominal wall. The identification of these collateral pathways is essential in understanding the extent of haemodynamically significant disease and it alerts to the possibility of surgical injury during procedures like laparotomy or harvesting of internal thoracic artery for coronary artery bypass graft. PMID: 32936107 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh - Category: General Medicine Tags: J R Coll Physicians Edinb Source Type: research