title: Bilateral femoral artery aneurysms in a patient with long-standing traumatic paraplegia: report of a case.
abstract: The etiology of femoral artery aneurysms is believed to involve the interaction of a genetic alteration that predisposes to the loss of arterial wall integrity. This is precipitated by local forces such as repeated flexion of the arteries at the hip. We describe herein a case of bilateral femoral and right internal iliac artery aneurysms that developed in a patient with long-standing paraplegia. This could suggest that alterations in the arterial wall caused by stress and kinking during hip flexion may not play a principal role in the pathogenesis of nonspecific femoral artery aneurysms.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors: Jorge Adalberto
authors: JA
authors: Flores
authors: Toshiya
authors: T
authors: Nishibe
authors: Fabio
authors: F
authors: Kudo
authors: Keiko
authors: K
authors: Miyazaki
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Matsuzaki
authors: Keishu
authors: K
authors: Yasuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007083:Iliac Artery; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications*