[A case of venous aneurysm].
A 70-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a complaint of a soft mass at the right elbow. Venography demonstrated that the mass was connected with vein. This mass was surgically removed and histologically a marked reduction of both elastic fibers and the adventitia were observed in the aneurysmal wall. Venous aneurysm (VA) is different form varicose veins by many features. It was considered that congenital fragility of the venous walls was associated with the onset of VA. We classified VA into type-I VA (cystic ectasia) and type II (fusiform ectasia).
Hayashi
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S
First Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University, School of Medicine, Japan.
Ishihara
H
H
Hamanaka
Y
Y
Sueda
T
T
Shikata
H
H
Matsuura
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014680:Veins