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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 88(1): 123-126, 1987


Case report

RUPTURE OF FALSE ANEURYSM OF THE FEMORAL ARTERY CAUSED BY 0BLUNT TRAUMA2

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital, Tsuchiura, Japan

Kin-ichi Itoh, Hideo Nagaoka, Shouichi Kato, Ryuichi Innami, Hirokuni Arai, Shin Tonouchi

The successful surgical repair of a ruptured false aneurysm of the left femoral artery in a 44-years-old male is presented. He was admitted to this hospital with the chief compliant of marked swelling accompanied with severe pain of the left thigh and the past history of a blunt trauma 7 years ago on the left groin? He had also severe anemia with hb 4.4g/dl. An aneurysm measuring 15 by 8cm was detected on the arteriogram. The aneurysm was treated by resection and implantation of Gore-Tex graft with good result. The pathological findings strikingly suggested that the false aneurysm was caused by the old blunt trauma. A false aneurysm of femoral artery caused by a blunt trauma is very rare and it’s complications include acute arterial occlusion, subsequent ischemic change of lower limb and massive bleeding by the rupture.
In conclusion, early diagnosis and surgical treatment are essential for a false aneurysm of femoral artery.


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