title: Deep femoral artery aneurysm presenting as lower limb swelling: a case report.
abstract: We report a rare case of lower limb swelling due to compression of the superficial femoral vein by a solitary deep femoral artery aneurysm. The patient was a 58-year-old man presenting with acute swelling of the right lower limb caused by deep venous thrombosis. A multi-detector computed tomographic scan (CT) confirmed the diagnosis of a deep femoral artery aneurysm and revealed no evidence of aneurysms or occlusive lesions in the other arteries. Aneurysmectomy and ligation of the deep femoral artery were successfully performed. Preoperative multi-detector CT scanning is a valuable, non-invasive diagnostic tool to delineate not only the state of the aneurysm, but also that of the distal arterial tree.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung Asan Hospital, Gangneung, Gangwon-do 210-711, Korea. ypcho@gnah.co.kr
authors.forename: Yong-Pil
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Soo-Jung
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Tae-Won
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Myoung-Sik
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yong-Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chan-Wook
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung-Gyu
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color