Vascular Specialist International  2016;32(3):124-128

doi:10.5758/vsi.2016.32.3.124

Cystic Disease of the Groin Presenting as Compression of a Femoral Vessel.

Hyung Kee KIM 1 ; Deokbi HWANG ; Sujin PARK ; Won Ju JEONG ; An Na SEO ; Seung HUH

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Keywords

Adventitia; Cystic disease; Ganglion cyst; Hip; Femoral

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

In this study, we describe our diagnosis and treatment of two patients who presented with femoral vessel compression caused by a cystic lesion in the groin. One case was diagnosed as adventitial cystic disease (ACD) of the common femoral artery resulting in leg claudication and the other was diagnosed as a ganglion cyst (GC) causing femoral vein compression and unilateral leg swelling. The operative findings differed between these two cases with respect to the dissection of the cyst and femoral vessel, but the postoperative histological examination results were similar. The pathogenesis of ACD and GC is not fully understood, and further investigation is needed to delineate the exact pathology of these uncommon conditions.