title: Congenital-idiopathic superficial femoral artery aneurysm in a 7-year-old child.
abstract: Superficial femoral artery aneurysm in children is distinctly uncommon, and usually results from infection, vasculitis, connective tissue disorder, or trauma. We report a 7-year-old girl who had multiple fusiform aneurysms of the right superficial femoral artery, with no evidence of related disorders. The patient successfully underwent aneurysm resection and femoral artery reconstruction with autogenous saphenous vein. Histologic examination revealed intimal thickening with fibroplasia without severe inflammatory infiltrates or cystic medial necrosis, suggesting a congenital-idiopathic arterial aneurysm. Three years after the procedure, the saphenous vein graft is fully patent and the patient is in good condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Futyu, Tokyo, Japan. muneaki_matsubara@tmhp.jp
authors.forename: Muneaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hiramatsu
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: Naotaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Atsumi
authors.forename: Masatsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Yuzuru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures