title: Popliteal aneurysm with spontaneous arteriovenous fistula.
abstract: This report documents a rare manifestation of aneurysmal disease of the popliteal artery. We describe a popliteal aneurysm presenting with acute venous hypertension due to a spontaneously occurring arteriovenous fistula. The fistula was defunctionalized by treating the aneurysm with a standard technique of exclusion and bypass with resolution of the symptoms of venous hypertension and maintenance of normal distal perfusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, California.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery