Adventitial cystic disease of the femoral vein: report of a case.
Adventitial cystic disease (ACD) of the veins is a rare phenomenon, and ACD of the femoral vein is particularly difficult to diagnose due to the similarity in symptoms to those of deep vein thrombosis. We report a case of ACD of the femoral vein, which was initially misdiagnosed as deep vein thrombosis, in a 48-year-old woman who presented with a painless swelling in her right lower leg. The extensive cystic involvement of the femoral vein was completely resected and reconstructed with an 8-mm ringed polytetrafluoroethylene vascular graft with good results.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Tachikawa General Hospital, 3-2-11 Kanda, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-8621, Japan.
Tsutomu
T
Sugimoto
Kazuo
K
Yamamoto
Satoshi
S
Tanaka
Norihiko
N
Saitou
Chizuo
C
Kikuchi
Shinya
S
Motohashi
Shigetaka
S
Kasuya
D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene