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?

Degeneration of the arterial wall Signup and view all the answers

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

Trauma Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of superficial thrombophlebitis?

Occult carcinoma Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of neuropathic ulceration?

Peripheral nerve lesions/neuropathy Signup and view all the answers

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

A localized weakness Signup and view all the answers

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

Atherosclerosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of arterial dissection?

Aortic aneurysm Signup and view all the answers

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

Atherosclerosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of large artery obliteration?

Atherosclerosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of an arterial embolus?

Atherosclerosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of chronic ulceration?

Repeated trauma Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of small artery obliteration?

Scleroderma Signup and view all the answers

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

Degeneration of the arterial wall Signup and view all the answers

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

Trauma Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of superficial thrombophlebitis?

Occult carcinoma Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of neuropathic ulceration?

Peripheral nerve lesions/neuropathy Signup and view all the answers

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

A localized weakness Signup and view all the answers

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

Atherosclerosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of arterial dissection?

Aortic aneurysm Signup and view all the answers

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

Atherosclerosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of large artery obliteration?

Atherosclerosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of arterial embolus?

Atherosclerosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of ischaemic ulceration?

Atherosclerosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of chronic ulceration?

Ischaemia Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of neuropathic ulceration?

Peripheral nerve lesions/neuropathy Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common cause of aneurysms?

Atherosclerotic Signup and view all the answers

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

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

Which artery is most commonly affected by berry aneurysms?

Circle of Willis 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)?

Acute Arterial Ischaemia and Ischaemic Ulceration Quiz

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What is the most common cause of an arterial embolus?

What is the most common cause of chronic ulceration?

What is the most common cause of small artery obliteration?

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

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

What is the most common cause of superficial thrombophlebitis?

What is the most common cause of neuropathic ulceration?

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

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

What is the most common cause of arterial dissection?

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

What is the most common cause of large artery obliteration?

What is the most common cause of an arterial embolus?

What is the most common cause of chronic ulceration?

What is the most common cause of small artery obliteration?

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

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

What is the most common cause of superficial thrombophlebitis?

What is the most common cause of neuropathic ulceration?

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

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

What is the most common cause of arterial dissection?

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

What is the most common cause of large artery obliteration?

What is the most common cause of arterial embolus?

What is the most common cause of ischaemic ulceration?

What is the most common cause of chronic ulceration?

What is the most common cause of neuropathic ulceration?

What is the most common cause of aneurysms?

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

Which artery is most commonly affected by berry aneurysms?

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)?

What is the most common cause of superficial thrombophlebitis?

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

What is the most common cause of arterial dissection?

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

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