Thigh claudication is suggestive of occlusive disease of the ipsilateral external iliac artery or its more distal branches (ie, common femoral, superficial femoral, profunda femoris arteries).
Accompanying ☆★impotence and/or ☆gluteal claudication suggests ☆more proximal aortoiliac occlusion (so-called Leriche syndrome), which, in addition to affecting the external iliac artery, also diminishes blood flow to the internal pudendal and gluteal branches of the internal iliac artery.
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