Acute Arterial Ischaemia and Ischaemic Ulceration Quiz
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What is the most common cause of an arterial embolus?

  • Trauma
  • Infection
  • Atherosclerosis (correct)
  • Thrombosis
  • What is the most common cause of chronic ulceration?

  • Repeated trauma (correct)
  • Ischaemia
  • Infection
  • Oedema
  • What is the most common cause of small artery obliteration?

  • Buerger’s disease
  • Scleroderma (correct)
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Embolism
  • What is the most common cause of aneurysms in the abdominal aorta and femoral and popliteal arteries?

    <p>Degeneration of the arterial wall</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of false (pseudo-) aneurysms?

    <p>Trauma</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of superficial thrombophlebitis?

    <p>Occult carcinoma</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of neuropathic ulceration?

    <p>Peripheral nerve lesions/neuropathy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of aneurysms associated with a congenital arteriovenous fistula?

    <p>A localized weakness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of thrombosis on an atheromatous plaque?

    <p>Atherosclerosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of arterial dissection?

    <p>Aortic aneurysm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of thrombosis of an aneurysm?

    <p>Atherosclerosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of large artery obliteration?

    <p>Atherosclerosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of an arterial embolus?

    <p>Atherosclerosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of chronic ulceration?

    <p>Repeated trauma</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of small artery obliteration?

    <p>Scleroderma</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of aneurysms in the abdominal aorta and femoral and popliteal arteries?

    <p>Degeneration of the arterial wall</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of false (pseudo-) aneurysms?

    <p>Trauma</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of superficial thrombophlebitis?

    <p>Occult carcinoma</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of neuropathic ulceration?

    <p>Peripheral nerve lesions/neuropathy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of aneurysms associated with a congenital arteriovenous fistula?

    <p>A localized weakness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of thrombosis on an atheromatous plaque?

    <p>Atherosclerosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of arterial dissection?

    <p>Aortic aneurysm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of thrombosis of an aneurysm?

    <p>Atherosclerosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of large artery obliteration?

    <p>Atherosclerosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of arterial embolus?

    <p>Atherosclerosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of ischaemic ulceration?

    <p>Atherosclerosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of chronic ulceration?

    <p>Ischaemia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of neuropathic ulceration?

    <p>Peripheral nerve lesions/neuropathy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of aneurysms?

    <p>Atherosclerotic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between a true and a false aneurysm?

    <p>True aneurysm involves the intima, media, and adventitia, while false aneurysm involves only the intima</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which artery is most commonly affected by berry aneurysms?

    <p>Circle of Willis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the rare syndrome in which dilated veins develop early in life, often on the outer side of the leg, the leg being longer than the normal leg and covered in cutaneous angiomas (port wine stains)?

    <p>Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of superficial thrombophlebitis?

    <p>Varicose veins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the cause of syphilitic aneurysms of the thoracic aorta?

    <p>Bacterial/fungal arteritis (mycotic)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of arterial dissection?

    <p>Atherosclerosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of thrombosis of an aneurysm?

    <p>Thrombosis on an atheromatous plaque</p> Signup and view all the answers

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