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Ultrasound Case 057

A 68 year old man is brought in by ambulance with severe lower back and lower limb pain and paralysis. Clinically he has lower limb ischaemia and you wonder about aortic dissection as the cause.
Henri-Marie-René-Leriche-1879–1955 1200

René Leriche

Henri Marie René Leriche (1879–1955) French surgeon. Described as the father of vascular surgery. Leriche syndrome (1940), Leriche operation (1913)