Difficulties in the diagnosis of popliteal vein aneurysm.
Venous aneurysms are rare and seldom give rise to specific symptoms. We describe a case of a popliteal vein aneurysm in a 55-year-old patient in whom the lesion was at first misinterpreted as being a Baker's cyst. The lesion was successfully treated by segmental resection and venous interposition grafting.
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Department of thoraco-vascular surgery, St. Vincentiusziekenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Rutsaert
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D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000792:Angiography; D001175:Arthrography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011151:Popliteal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011152:Popliteal Vein / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery