title: Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the great saphenous vein: a case report.
abstract: Venous (pseudo)aneurysms are rare entities. Herewith we report a case of the right lower extremity in a 42-year-old woman in whom a non-pulsatile mass was diagnosed only by physical examination as a hematoma and was treated conservatively. Six months later ultrasound and phlebography identified a pseudoaneurysm of the great saphenous vein. Post-traumatic venous pseudoaneurysm should be considered among the differential diagnostic options of a subcutaneous non-pulsatile mass in patients with a history of physical trauma. Surgery was offered which was rejected by the patient. Further one month follow-up showed no change.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Járányi
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Dósa
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Nemes
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Bérczi
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Hüttl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010690:Phlebography; D010808:Physical Examination; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*