[Claudication and pulmonary embolism can be caused by venous aneurysm. A case report illustrates difficulties with this unusual diagnosis].
A 19 year old male patient is described with a large popliteal venous aneurysm causing pulmonary embolism and intermittent claudication. It was resected and replaced with a saphenous vein graft.
Hallstensson
Stig
S
Kirurgkliniken, Falu Iasarett.
Ljungman
Christer
C
Rudström
Håkan
H
Björck
Martin
M
Bergqvist
David
D
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011152:Popliteal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation