Popliteal venous aneurysm mimicking a soft tissue tumour. A case report.
A case of a giant, thrombosed popliteal venous aneurysm without pulmonary embolism in a 53-year-old woman is reported. Despite thorough preoperative investigation including ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, this was misdiagnosed as a benign soft tissue tumour. During the operation the thrombosed venous aneurysm was resected and a vein graft from the contralateral saphenous vein was interposed. Popliteal venous aneurysm is a rare entity, presenting occasionally with local signs and symptoms and more often with pulmonary embolism. The clinician should therefore keep this in mind whenever dealing with a large, soft tissue popliteal fossa mass or looking for the cause of recurrent pulmonary embolism.
Department of Surgery, Medical School of Patras, Greece.
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Tsolakis
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Kakkos
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Panagiotopoulus
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011152:Popliteal Vein; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography