Angioplasty with stenting is effective in treating blue toe syndrome.

Blue toe syndrome is a manifestation of distal embolization associated with significant pain and risk of tissue loss. The recommended treatment options for this problem include endarterectomy or bypass with exclusion of the source of emboli. Although focal arterial stenosis can be effectively treated with angioplasty,it is unclear whether performing angioplasty in a lesion suspected of causing distal embolization might actually worsen the condition or what long-term effects this would have in preventing future embolization.

Management of abdominal aortic aneurysm and invasive transitional cell carcinoma of bladder.

Between January 1980 and June 1990 we treated 21 patients with invasive carcinoma of the bladder and abdominal aortic aneurysm. Three distinct groups of patients were identified. Group 1 comprised 8 patients who were initially diagnosed with invasive bladder cancer and during cancer staging a concomitant abdominal aortic aneurysm was found.