title: [Right iliac artery aneurism revealed by a left leg ulcer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to expose a secondary cause of venous insufficiency which surgical treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 73 old man with a huge aneurism of the right common iliac artery which compressed the left common iliac vein was described. The patient had a unilateral left leg oedema and stasing ulcer. Examinations revealed an abdominal pulsate mass. Echography and T scan showed a right common iliac artery aneurysm and compression of the left iliac vein. Surgery was resected aneurism and replaced vascular prosthesis. After surgery, the unilateral left leg oedema was rapidly regressed and complete stasing ulcer healing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case report showed difficult diagnosis and treatment of vascular disease in under development countries.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgie thoracique et cardio vasculaire, CHN Fann, BP 5035 Dakar, Sénégal. cissgaby@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ciss
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Diarra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diop Ndoye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bèye
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Dieng
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male