title: Giant femoropopliteal artery aneurysm and vein rupture.
abstract: Atherosclerotic popliteal aneurysms are the most common peripheral artery aneurysms. Thrombosis, embolization, rupture, and compression of adjacent structures are well-known complications. We report a patient with a giant thigh hematoma and a pulsatile mass thought to be a ruptured popliteal artery aneurysm. It proved to be an unruptured 8.5 cm femoropopliteal aneurysm with avulsed and bleeding adjacent veins, the source of the hematoma. This constitutes the first known report of this unusual complication.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgery Departments, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, Brazil. vascular369@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Fabio H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Veith
authors.forename: Evan C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Lipsitz
authors.forename: Nilo M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Izukawa
authors.forename: Lannes A V
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Domingos G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014680:Veins