Vascular claudication in a young patient: popliteal entrapment syndrome.

Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES) is an uncommon cause of lower limb claudication, usually occurring in younger patients who lack the risk factors for atherosclerosis. Most of the people who develop this entity exercise actively, leading to calf hypertrophy, which unmasks the anatomical abnormality. We present a case of PAES and comment on the presentation, methods of diagnosis, and treatment.