title: Spontaneous rupture of the dorsalis pedis artery: report of a case.
abstract: A 52-year-old man underwent the repair of a spontaneous rupture of the dorsalis pedis artery. We considered that untreated hypertension was one possible cause of the rupture. This is a rare case of spontaneous rupture in a peripheral artery.
authors: Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors: Shinichi
authors: S
authors: Hiromatsu
authors: Yukio
authors: Y
authors: Hosokawa
authors: Noriko
authors: N
authors: Egawa
authors: Shigeaki
authors: S
authors: Aoyagi
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures