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Abstract
A case of ergot-induced peripheral vascular insufficiency mimicking atherosclerosis
is presented and the clinical symptoms with vascular laboratory evaluation and roentgenographic
findings are discussed in detail. A review of the literature of the vascular complications
of ergot alkaloids is presented. After considering the various therapeutic modalities
employed, a conservative, but hopefully more rational, treatment for these lesions
is recommended. Although uncommon, this problem always must be considered in the differential
diagnosis of the young patient, especially female, who presents with visceral or peripheral
arterial insufficiency.
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 12,
1975
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© 1976 Published by Elsevier Inc.
