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The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 1999 February;40(1):45-7

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Ruptured isolated true atherosclerotic aneurysm of the deep femoral artery

Aburahma A. F., Tallman T. E.

From the Department of Surgery Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Aneu­rysms iso­lated to the ­deep ­femoral ­artery are ­unusual. ­Thirty-­five ­cases ­have ­been ­reported in the ­world lit­er­a­ture, how­ever ­many of ­these ­were asso­ciated ­with aneu­rysms occur­ring else­where. Spon­ta­neous rup­ture of ­true iso­lated ­deep ­femoral ­artery aneu­rysms is ­rare, ­with ­only a few ­reported ­cases. ­This ­report ­presents a ­case of a rup­tured iso­lated ­true aneu­rysm of the ­deep ­femoral ­artery ­that was diag­nosed by ­duplex ultra­sound and ­treated ­with resec­tion and end-to-end ­grafting.