title: A true aneurysm of the femoral artery in acromegaly.
abstract: We report on an acromegalic patient who developed a true aneurysm in the right femoral artery. Plain computed tomography (CT) showed a soft tissue mass with low density adjacent to the right femoral artery. T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images exhibited the lesion with moderate hypointensity peripherally, and hypointensity centrally. T2-weighted images showed the lesion to have areas of hypointensity, moderate hyperintensity, and marked hyperintensity. Surgery revealed an ectasia of the common femoral artery and a true aneurysm from the lateral femoral circumflex artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan. yamatetu@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurosaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005263:Femoral Artery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods