title: Superficial femoral artery aneurysm: a rare complication of wegener granulomatosis.
abstract: Wegener granulomatosis (WG) is a systemic disease of unknown etiology characterized by necrotizing granulomatous inflammation, tissue necrosis, and variable degrees of vasculitis, typically in small and medium-sized blood vessels. The classic clinical pattern is a triad involving the upper airways, lungs, and kidneys. However, large vessel aneurysm is an extremely rare finding in WG. We describe a 67-year-old Caucasian male with formerly proven WG who presented with a progressively growing superficial femoral artery aneurysm. Histologic findings revealed necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis involving this artery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. thomas_luebke@yahoo.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Luebke
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aleksic
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brunkwall
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed