Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2009
A 52-year-old patient complains about headache, weakness of his upper left extremity. Neurological symptoms become more intense during physical stress of the left extremity. Pulsation on the arteries of the left extremity is sharply dampened but it remains unchanged on the carotid arteries. What is the most probable diagnosis?
Answer options
- Thoracal outlet syndrome
- Occlusion of the left subclavicular artery, steal syndrome
- Takayasu’s disease
- Raynaud’s syndrome
- Occlusion of brachiocephalic trunk
Correct answer
Occlusion of the left subclavicular artery, steal syndrome
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