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ORPHA:90064Particular clinical situation in a disease or syndrome
What it is
A rare vascular condition characterized by the sudden blockage of an artery supplying blood to the limbs by a blood clot, causing acute limb ischemia. The clinical presentation is variable and depends on the time course of vessel occlusion, the presence of an underlying vascular disease, and the recruitment of collateral circulation. Symptoms can develop over a period of hours to days and typically include limb pain, pallor, absent pulse, poikilothermia, paresthesia, and limb paralysis. The condition can quickly progress to infarction and loss of the limb.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- 1-5 / 10 000 (Europe)
- Age of onset
- All ages
- Inheritance
- Not applicable
- Classified as
- Particular clinical situation in a disease or syndrome
Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.
Signs and symptoms
Very common80–99%
5Common30–79%
6These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.
ICD-10 codes
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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