title: [Compression of the popliteal artery by a malignant fibrous histiocytoma simulating an aneurysm of the popliteal fossa].
abstract: The authors report a case of severe intermittent claudication caused by a tumor mass in the popliteal fossa simulating an aneurysm. This proved to be a mesenchymatous tumor: malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirugie générale et vasculaire, Hôpital de Confolens.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Firouz-Abadi
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dupuy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gantier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Brux
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000792:Angiography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: La compression de l'artère poplitée par un histiocytome fibreux malin simulant un anévrysme du creux poplité.