Abstract:Objective To study the lesion distribution and clinical characteristics in lower limb arterial CT angiography (CTA) of the patients with diabetic foot (DF) and non-diabetic atherosclerosis occlusion disorder (ASO). Methods A total of 112 cases of DF patients (DF group) and 89 cases of ASO (ASO group) treated in the General Hospital of Lanzhou Military Region from August 2011 to August 2013 were selected. CTA was used to examine the lesions of the 2 groups of patients. Results In the DF group 209 limbs were involved with 621 lesions, while in the ASO group 189 limbs were involved with 321 lesions. There was no significant difference in the incidence of single, double and multiple segmental arterial involvement between the two groups (P > 0.05). The involvement rate of single and double segmental lesions had obvious difference between the two groups (P < 0.05). The rate of limb iliac, femoral and popliteal artery involvement had obvious difference betweenthe two groups (P < 0.05). The rates of anterior tibial artery, posterior tibial artery, fibular artery and plantar artery ring involvement and the inferior genu artery involvement rate in the patients with iliac, femoral and popliteal lesions were obviously different between the two groups (P < 0.05). Conclusions In the patients with DF, the lesions of lower limb arteries are mainly located in small arteries such as anterior and posterior tibial arteries, fibular artery and plantar artery ring; while ASO chiefly involves relatively large arteries of the lower extremities, such as iliac artery, popliteal artery and femoral artery.