Common femoral vein canal lipoma causing chronic unilateral lower limb swelling.
A 64-year-old woman presented to vascular clinic with a 2-year history of right ankle swelling, associated with pain on walking. Initial venous duplex imaging showed no obvious cause. Further imaging showed a lipoma compressing the common femoral vein. We consider the relative merits of the imaging modalities of the groin and the literature available on lipomas causing compression.
Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Danielle
D
Lowry
Mark Darren
MD
Kay
Alok
A
Tiwari
D000842:Ankle / Q000098:blood supply*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology