[Compression of the popliteal artery by a malignant fibrous histiocytoma simulating an aneurysm of the popliteal fossa].
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.
Firouz-Abadi
M H
MH
Service de chirugie générale et vasculaire, Hôpital de Confolens.
Dupuy
J P
JP
Gantier
P
P
De Brux
J
J
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
La compression de l'artère poplitée par un histiocytome fibreux malin simulant un anévrysme du creux poplité.