title: A rare para-anastomotic femoral artery aneurysm in a patient with history of femoro-popliteal bypass graft occlusion.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Para-anastomotic aneurysms may develop as a late complication of arterial reconstructions. They are mostly seen after abdominal aortic procedures and also are mostly encountered as pseudoaneurysms.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a true para-anastomotic aneurysm in the common femoral artery of a 57 year old man with an occluded femoro-popliteal bypass graft. We discuss the surgical management and possible causation of this extremely rare condition
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Para-anastomotic aneurysms can have some life-threatening consequences, such as erosion of adjacent tissues, distal embolization from mural thrombus and rupture of the aneurysmal sac.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endovascular treatment using stent grafts is highly effective, but it has some handicaps such as occlusion of major arterial orifices. For this reason, surgical reconstruction is the preferable choice for the management of para-anastomotic aneurysms.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Medical Faculty of Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. Electronic address: draldemir@yahoo.com.
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Aldemir
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Medical Faculty of Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
authors: Fahri
authors: F
authors: Adali
authors: Department of Cardiology Medical Faculty of Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
authors: Önder
authors: Ö
authors: Akci
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Medical Faculty of Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
authors: Serpil
authors: S
authors: Eerkoç
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Medical Faculty of Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
authors: Osman Tansel
authors: OT
authors: Darçin
keywords: Common femoral artery; Para-anastomotic aneurysm