title: Endovascular repair of a profunda femoris artery aneurysm.
abstract: Profunda femoris artery (PFA) aneurysms are rare and they are usually treated with open surgery. We report the case of an 87-year-old patient who during the preoperative work-up for an abdominal aortic aneurysm was found to have a 4.2-cm aneurysm of the right PFA. A percutaneous transcatheter coil embolization was successfully performed using a contralateral retrograde approach. To date, only three patients, including the present case, have been treated with transcatheter coil embolization for a PFA aneurysm. In the absence of concomitant superficial femoral artery disease, embolization of aneurysms of the profunda femoris seems to be a safe and minimally invasive alternative to open repair in selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgery Unit, S. Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brancaccio
authors.forename: Giovanni M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Celoria
authors.forename: Teseo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stefanini
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Falco
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome