True Giant Posterior Tibial Artery Aneurysm

We report an unusual case of true atherosclerotic posterior tibial artery (PTA) aneurysm without any apparent causative history. To our knowledge, in the English Literature only seven previously cases of true PTA aneurysms are reported. Due to its location, this lesion may require surgical intervent...

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Autores principales: Robaldo, Alessandro, Di Iasio, Giacomo, Testi, Gabriele, Colotto, Patrizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3523595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23304617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/695250
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author Robaldo, Alessandro
Di Iasio, Giacomo
Testi, Gabriele
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description We report an unusual case of true atherosclerotic posterior tibial artery (PTA) aneurysm without any apparent causative history. To our knowledge, in the English Literature only seven previously cases of true PTA aneurysms are reported. Due to its location, this lesion may require surgical intervention and removal. The presentation, the diagnostic evaluation, and the surgical management of the aneurysm are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-35235952013-01-09 True Giant Posterior Tibial Artery Aneurysm Robaldo, Alessandro Di Iasio, Giacomo Testi, Gabriele Colotto, Patrizio Case Rep Surg Case Report We report an unusual case of true atherosclerotic posterior tibial artery (PTA) aneurysm without any apparent causative history. To our knowledge, in the English Literature only seven previously cases of true PTA aneurysms are reported. Due to its location, this lesion may require surgical intervention and removal. The presentation, the diagnostic evaluation, and the surgical management of the aneurysm are discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3523595/ /pubmed/23304617 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/695250 Text en Copyright © 2012 Alessandro Robaldo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/695250
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