Citation

Lee SY, Lee SJ, Lee CS. Korean J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2011; 44(4): 298-300.

Affiliation

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)

DOI

10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.4.298

PMID

22263174

PMCID

PMC3249325

Abstract

A 38-year-old male was admitted to our hospital due to painful swelling of his right popliteal fossa. He had been kicked in his right popliteal fossa during a soccer game about three weeks earlier. Computerized tomographic angiography of the lower extremity demonstrated a 4-cm-wide, 3-cm-long aneurysmal change of the popliteal artery. He underwent aneurysmectomy and graft interposition using a great saphenous vein graft. Pathologic findings of the resected specimen were consistent with those of a pseudoaneurysm.

Language: en

Keywords

Aneurysm; Leg injuries; Pseudoaneurysm; Trauma; Wounds and injuries