PDF herunterladen
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
› Institutsangaben Funding This research was funded solely through institutional sources.
› Weitere Informationen
   Lizenzen und Reprints

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


Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 18. September 2020

Angenommen: 02. Juli 2021

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
28. Dezember 2021

© 2021. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction so long as the original work is properly cited. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA

 

  • References

  • 1 Cervin A, Ravn H, Björck M. Ruptured popliteal artery aneurysm. Br J Surg 2018; 105 (13) 1753-1758
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 2 Björck M, Earnshaw JJ, Acosta S. et al; Esvs Guidelines Committee. Editor's choice - European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2020 clinical practice guidelines on the management of acute limb ischaemia. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2020; 59 (02) 173-218
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 3 Rossi UG, Santuari D, Dallatana R, Cariati M. Use of iliac branch device for endovascular treatment for abdominal aorta aneurysm with small diameter neck. Aorta (Stamford) 2017; 5 (06) 181-183
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar