title: Bilateral popliteal artery aneurysms with rupture and pseudoaneurysm formation on the left.
abstract: The rupture of a popliteal artery aneurysm is very rare, and can lead to serious complications if untreated. Any reports of a huge pseudoaneurysm, following rupture of the popliteal artery aneurysm could not be found in a review of the literature. A pulsatile huge mass leading to a deep venous thrombosis, was observed in a 74 years old male patient who for 2 months had had a progressively swollen and painful left leg. On angiographic evaluation, the mass was found to be a pseudoaneurysm originating from a ruptured true aneurysm of the popliteal artery. There was also a small true aneurysm in the contralateral extremity at the same localization. Both the false, and true aneurysms were resected surgically and arterial continuity was established with a synthetic polytetrafluoroethylene graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Trakya University, Medical Faculty, TR 22030 Edirne, Turkey. scanbaz@trakya.edu.tr
authors.forename: Suat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Canbaz
authors.forename: Turan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ege
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sunar
authors.forename: Gogun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saygin
authors.forename: Enver
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duran
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene