Yonsei Med J.  2003 Feb;44(1):159-162. 10.3349/ymj.2003.44.1.159.

Bilateral Popliteal Artery Aneurysms with Rupture and Pseudoaneurysm Formation on the Left

• Canbaz S
• Ege T
• Sunar H
• Saygin G
• Duran E

• KMID: 1719086
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2003.44.1.159

Abstract

The rupture of a popliteal artery aneurysm is very rare, and can lead to serious complications if untreated. Any reports of a huge pseudoaneurysm, following rupture of the popliteal artery aneurysm could not be found in a review of the literature. A pulsatile huge mass leading to a deep venous thrombosis, was observed in a 74 years old male patient who for 2 months had had a progressively swollen and painful left leg. On angiographic evaluation, the mass was found to be a pseudoaneurysm originating from a ruptured true aneurysm of the popliteal artery. There was also a small true aneurysm in the contralateral extremity at the same localization. Both the false, and true aneurysms were resected surgically and arterial continuity was established with a synthetic polytetrafluoroethylene graft.

Keyword

Popliteal aneurysm; bilateral aneurysms; ruptured aneurysm; popliteal pseudoaneurysm

MeSH Terms

Aged
Aneurysm/*complications/surgery
Aneurysm, False/*complications/surgery
Aneurysm, Ruptured/*complications/surgery
Blood Vessel Prosthesis
Human
Male
Polytetrafluoroethylene
*Popliteal Artery/surgery