title: A rare anomaly of the femoral vessels: complete transposition of the femoral artery and vein.
abstract: We report the case of complete transposition of the femoral artery and vein in a 47-year-old woman submitted to high ligation of the left saphenous femoral junction (SFJ) and great saphenous vein (GSV) stripping. During the dissection, we detected that the SFJ and the common, superficial and deep femoral veins were laterally placed to the femoral artery and the GSV crossed the femoral artery bifurcation. Associated variations of the GSV, femoral artery and vein is quite rare and, despite being asymptomatic can lead to technical difficulties increasing the risk of major intraoperative complications. The knowledge of this anomaly seems to be important and its detection is usually intraoperative.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgery Unit, San Paolo Hospital ASL RMF, Largo Donatori di Sangue, 00053 Civitavecchia Rome, Italy. gmarcroma@alice.it
authors.forename: Giustino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marcucci
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Antonelli
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Accrocca
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siani
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008026:Ligation; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures