Bilateral popliteal artery aneurysms with rupture and pseudoaneurysm formation on the left


CANBAZ S., Ege T., Saygin G., SUNAR H., Duran E.

EJVES Extra, cilt.3, sa.2, ss.36-38, 2002 (Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 3 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1053/ejvx.2002.0129
  • Dergi Adı: EJVES Extra
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.36-38
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Bilateral aneurysms, Popliteal aneurysm, Popliteal pseudoaneurysm, Ruptured aneurysm
  • Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Objectives: rupture of the popliteal artery aneurysm is rare and may lead to serious complications if untreated. No report of a huge pseudoaneurysm following rupture of the popliteal artery aneurysm was found in the literature. Report: a huge pulsatile mass leading to deep venous thrombosis was observed in a 74-year-old male patient who had developed progressive swelling and pain in the left leg over a period of two months. Method: on angiographic evaluation, the mass was a pseudoaneurysm originating from a ruptured true aneurysm of the popliteal artery. There was a small true aneurysm in the same place on the other side. Both the false aneurysm and the true aneurysm were resected surgically and arterial continuity was established with a synthetic polytetrafluoroethylene graft. Result: patient was discharged well after three weeks and peripheral pulses were palpable.