Differential diagnosis of lower extremity claudication are :
-deep vein thrombosis
-lumbar spinal stenosis
-peripheral arterial disease
-musculoskeletal pain
-polyarteritis nodosa
-arterial embolism
-nocturnal leg cramps
-peripheral neuropathy
-lumbar disk disease
-thromboangiitis obliterans / Buerger’s disease
-young athlete
-compression by Baker’s cyst
-popliteal artery entrapment
-popliteal adventitia cystic disease
-trauma
-deep vein thrombosis
-lumbar spinal stenosis
-peripheral arterial disease
-musculoskeletal pain
-polyarteritis nodosa
-arterial embolism
-nocturnal leg cramps
-peripheral neuropathy
-lumbar disk disease
-thromboangiitis obliterans / Buerger’s disease
-young athlete
-compression by Baker’s cyst
-popliteal artery entrapment
-popliteal adventitia cystic disease
-trauma