title: Large femoral aneurysm as a late complication after vessel closure device application.
abstract: Four months after a diagnostic coronary angiography followed by application of a vascular closure device, a female patient presented with an acute femoral pulsing tumor with strong pain in the groin area. There was no prior trauma. Color duplex sonography showed a large pseudoaneurysm of the right femoral artery. In addition, signs of an old hematoma were documented. Due to the large tumor affecting the arterial perfusion of distal arteries, the pseudoaneurysm was treated immediately by thrombin injection. After this procedure, arterial perfusion in the tumor was not detectable anymore and local symptoms decreased rapidly. This is a rare case of late pseudoaneurysm after femoral artery puncture.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik II, Kardiologie und Angiologie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken, Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789, Bochum, Germany. alfried.germing@rub.de
authors.forename: Alfried
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Germing
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grewe
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mügge
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lindstaedt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans