title: Cystic Disease of the Groin Presenting as Compression of a Femoral Vessel.
abstract: In this study, we describe our diagnosis and treatment of two patients who presented with femoral vessel compression caused by a cystic lesion in the groin. One case was diagnosed as adventitial cystic disease (ACD) of the common femoral artery resulting in leg claudication and the other was diagnosed as a ganglion cyst (GC) causing femoral vein compression and unilateral leg swelling. The operative findings differed between these two cases with respect to the dissection of the cyst and femoral vessel, but the postoperative histological examination results were similar. The pathogenesis of ACD and GC is not fully understood, and further investigation is needed to delineate the exact pathology of these uncommon conditions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung-Kee
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Deokbi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Sujin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Won-Ju
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: An Na
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huh
keywords: Adventitia; Cystic disease; Femoral; Ganglion cyst; Hip