Solitary Arteriosclerotic Aneurysm of the Profunda Femoris Artery. A Review of Literature in Japan.

VernacularTitle:孤立性動脈硬化性大腿深動脈りゅうのｌ例　本邦報告例の検討
Author: Kazuo Yamanaka ; Fumitaka Ando ; Fumio Okamoto ; Shigehiro Otani ; Nozomu Sasahashi ; Kou Sogabe ; Tomoki Hanada
Publication Type:Journal Article
From:Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 1996;25(3):185-188
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: We present a case of solitary arteriosclerotic aneurysm of the profunda femoris artery (PFA), which is very rare among peripheral aneurysms and a reviewed the 19 cases reported in the Japanese literature. A 78-year-old man had a chief complaint of a painful pulsatile mass in the left thigh. Enhanced CT showed the ruptured solitary aneurysm of the PFA. The aneurysm was 6.8cm in diameter. It was removed after ligation of the the PFA. In the Japanese literature, the mean age of patients with solitary arteriosclerotic aneurysm of the PFA was 73 (64-84), all patients were males, the rate of rupture of PFA aneurysm was 47%, and the mean diameter was 8.9cm. In our case, we simply ligated the aneurysm because the patient did not have any evidence of peripheral artery occlusive disease and the distal artery of the aneurysm was very small. However, there is a need to reconstruct the PFA whenever possible because the surgical importance of PFA in occlusive arterial disease has been recognized.