Spontaneous rupture of the dorsalis pedis artery: report of a case.
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.
Hiromatsu
Shinichi
S
Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
Hosokawa
Yukio
Y
Egawa
Noriko
N
Aoyagi
Shigeaki
S
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