J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 92(5): 611-613, 1991

Case report

A CASE REPORT OF CYSTIC ADVENTITIAL DEGENERATION COMMUNICATING WITH THE HIP JOINT IN THE EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Minamikyusyu National Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

Denjiro Tabata, Kazuhiro Arikawa, Yusuke Umebayashi, Nobuyuki Chosa, Tamahiro Kinjo, Seigo Nishida

Cystic advantitial degeneration is an uncommon cause of arterial obstruction. Its etiology is debated. We report a case in which the left external artery was affected and the cystic mass communicated with the hip joint. The findings of this case support the embryonic theory that the articular synobium and adventitial cysts have the same mesenchymal origin.

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