title: Spontaneous rupture of superficial femoral artery.
abstract: A 77-year-old man with a history of hemodialysis was referred due to swelling of the right groin. Enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed extravasation of the medium from the superficial femoral artery (SFA) with surrounding large hematoma. Three-dimensional CT angiography revealed rupture of SFA just distal to common femoral artery with pseudoaneurysmal formation. At an emergent surgery, SFA was ruptured over 1/2 circumferentially in a 2-cm length. Patch repair using great saphenous vein was performed successfully. Postoperative CT angiography showed no aneurysmal formation. Histopathological findings of operative specimen disclosed no sign of infection or arteriolitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: Tadaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: Yasunobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Konoshi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murashita
authors.forename: Yukikatsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okada
keywords: spontaneous rupture; superficial femoral artery