Arterial Ischemic Leg Ulcer
Arterial or ischemic leg ulcers AUs.
Arterial ischemic leg ulcer. Martorell hypertensive ischemic leg ulcer HYTILU is a less common and potentially underdiagnosed cause of leg ulcers. Ischemic ulcers are slow healing wounds. Arterial and venous ulcers are two kinds of open sores found on the body.
In 1945 Fernando Martorell 1 described four cases of ischemic leg ulcers in women who had no evidence of arterial or venous disease. These mixed ulcers constitute roughly 15 of all leg ulcers. Arterial Leg Ulcers 2 of 3 Assessment 1.
An ischemic ulcer or arterial ulcer wounds can result from any interruption of arterial blood supply to an area of the skin. Chronic critical limb ischemia is the end result of arterial occlusive disease most commonly atherosclerosis. Sive ischemic leg ulcer HYTILU was origi-nally described by FernandesMartorellin 1945 in Barcelona Spain1 Martorell de-scribed 4 obese hypertensive female pa-tientswithpainfullegulcersonthelateral aspectoftheirlegsOneyearlaterHinesand Farber and coworkers23 reported an asso-ciation of such leg ulcers with the histo-.
This is usually caused by an injury often a minor one that breaks the skin. In addition to atherosclerosis in association with hypertension hypercholesterolemia. They have sloughy devitalized tissue in.
They can be shallow or deep and are frequently painful. Ulcers may have multiple contributing factors. Arterial ulcers are also referred to as ischemic ulcers.
Clogged arteries prevent a healthy supply of blood from flowing to the legs. Thus killing these tissues and causing the area to form an open wound. However they all had a history of hypertension and biopsy of these ulcers showed arteriolar sclerosis consistent with this hypertension.
