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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2021; 09(06): 233-234
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1739484
Images in Aortic Disease

Ruptured Popliteal Artery Aneurysm

Umberto G. Rossi 
1   Interventional Radiology Unit, Department of Radiological Area, E.O. Galliera Hospital, Genova, Italy
2   Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Unit, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advanced Technology, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Santi Paolo and Carlo Hospital, Milano, Italy
,
Francesco Petrocelli
3   Department of Radiology and Interventional Radiology, Istituto di Ricerca a Carattere Clinico e Scientifico San Martino Policlinic University Hospital, Genova, Italy
,
Maurizio Cariati
2   Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Unit, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advanced Technology, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Santi Paolo and Carlo Hospital, Milano, Italy
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Abstract

Rupture of a popliteal artery aneurysm is an uncommon event in an uncommon disease. We present the case of an 88-year-old female with a ruptured popliteal artery aneurysm that was diagnosed by multidetector computed tomography and treated by an endovascular approach.

Keywords

popliteal artery - aneurysm - imaging - aging - endovascular


Publication History

Received: 18 September 2020

Accepted: 02 July 2021

Article published online:
28 December 2021

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