title: [Ruptured popliteal aneurysm].
abstract: A 56-year-old man with Down's syndrome and a known popliteal aneurysm 6 cm in diameter was seen with a huge distal femoral mass which had been present for about two months. At operation, the original thrombus from a ruptured aneurysm was enucleated, the aneurysm excluded, and a femoropopliteal in situ bypass performed. At twelve months follow-up, the patient presented with a foot pulse and an unchanged peroneal nerve deficit.
authors.affiliation: Herning Centralsygehus, ortopaedkirurgisk afdeling, og Viborg-Kjellerup Sygehus, karkirurgisk afsnit.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Juhl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sandermann
mesh_terms: D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous