Ruptured superficial femoral artery aneurysm: a case report

A 96-year-old male presented with left lower extremity pain, swelling, and vascular compromise. Computed tomographic angiography revealed an actively rupturing distal superficial femoral artery aneurysm. The patient underwent prompt aneurysm excision with graft interposition and had a successful pos...

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Autores principales: Pinto, Soniya, Jantre, Mansi, Prendergast, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5417724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28491161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.01.020
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description A 96-year-old male presented with left lower extremity pain, swelling, and vascular compromise. Computed tomographic angiography revealed an actively rupturing distal superficial femoral artery aneurysm. The patient underwent prompt aneurysm excision with graft interposition and had a successful postoperative outcome. Our case illustrates the critical role of imaging in establishing a definitive diagnosis and preventing mortality.
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spelling pubmed-54177242017-05-10 Ruptured superficial femoral artery aneurysm: a case report Pinto, Soniya Jantre, Mansi Prendergast, Michael Radiol Case Rep Case Report A 96-year-old male presented with left lower extremity pain, swelling, and vascular compromise. Computed tomographic angiography revealed an actively rupturing distal superficial femoral artery aneurysm. The patient underwent prompt aneurysm excision with graft interposition and had a successful postoperative outcome. Our case illustrates the critical role of imaging in establishing a definitive diagnosis and preventing mortality. Elsevier 2017-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5417724/ /pubmed/28491161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.01.020 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Ruptured superficial femoral artery aneurysm: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Ruptured superficial femoral artery aneurysm: a case report
title_short Ruptured superficial femoral artery aneurysm: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5417724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28491161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.01.020
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