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A 70 year old man presents with acutely painful, pale paralysed and pulseless left leg. He is noted to have atrial fibrillation. What is the most probable diagnosis?

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A 70 year old man presents with acutely painful, pale paralysed and pulseless left leg. He is noted to have atrial fibrillation. What is the most probable diagnosis?

  1. Intermittent claudication
  2. Cardiovascular syphilis
  3. Buerger’s disease
  4. Chronic limb ischemia
  5. Acute limb ischemia
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waelhammad
2022-10-29
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The key is E. Acute limb ischemia. [AF may be the cause of thrombus leading to embolic acute limb ischemia].

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