Bilateral giant femoropopliteal artery aneurysms: a case report

Popliteal artery aneurysms are the most common peripheral arterial aneurysms, and are frequently bilateral. Acute limb ischemia, rupture and compression phenomena can complicate these aneurysms when the diameter exceeds 2 cm. We report an 82-year-old male patient with two giant femoropopliteal aneur...

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Published in:Journal of medical case reports 2008-04, Vol.2 (1), p.114-114, Article 114
Main Authors: Perdikides, Theodossios P, Avgerinos, Efthimios, Christianakis, Efstratios, Fotis, Theofanis, Chronopoulos, Anastasios, Siafakas, Konstantinos X, Pashalidis, Nikolaos, Filippou, Dimitrios K
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Language:English
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Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Diagnosis
Patient outcomes
Renal artery aneurysms
Risk factors
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Summary:Popliteal artery aneurysms are the most common peripheral arterial aneurysms, and are frequently bilateral. Acute limb ischemia, rupture and compression phenomena can complicate these aneurysms when the diameter exceeds 2 cm. We report an 82-year-old male patient with two giant femoropopliteal aneurysms, 10.5 and 8.5 cm diameters, managed in our institution. Both aneurysms were resected and a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) femoropopliteal interposition graft was placed successfully. Management and literature review are discussed. We believe this is the first report in the medical literature of bilateral giant femoropopliteal aneurysms.
ISSN:1752-1947
1752-1947
DOI:10.1186/1752-1947-2-114