Posterior Tibial Artery Aneurysm: A Case Report.
- Author:
Ji Hoon KIM
1
;
Yong Pil CHO
;
Je Hong AHN
;
Soo Jung CHOI
;
Gil Hyun KANG
;
Myoung Sik HAN
;
Hyuk Jai JANG
;
Yong Ho KIM
;
Jin Ho KWAK
;
Youn Baik CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul Asan Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Aneurysm;
Posterior tibial artery;
Computed tomography
- MeSH:
Aneurysm*;
Arteries;
Diagnosis;
Female;
Humans;
Serologic Tests;
Tibial Arteries*;
Ultrasonography;
Vasculitis
- From:Journal of the Korean Society for Vascular Surgery
2005;21(2):171-174
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Aneurysms of the infrapopliteal arteries are rare and they are commonly associated with trauma. We report here on a rare case of a true aneurysm of the posterior tibial artery in a sixty-year-old female. There was no history of trauma, and the serologic tests for the possibility of vasculitis were all negative. The color Doppler ultrasound examination and the multi-detector computed tomographic scan confirmed the diagnosis of a posterior tibial artery aneurysm and these tests revealed no evidence of aneurysms or occlusive lesions in the other arteries. Aneurysmectomy and end-to-end microvascular anastomosis were performed successfully. Preoperative multi- detector computed tomographic scanning is a valuable, noninvasive diagnostic tool to delineate not only the state of the aneurysm, but also that of the distal arterial tree.
