A gaint thrombosed isolated femoral artery aneurysm: a rare entity

Authors

  • Gajulapalli Prudhvi Vardhan Reddy Department of General Surgery, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  • Siddhant Shrotriya Department of General Surgery, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  • Nitin J. Pathak Department of Vascular Surgery, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20201887

Keywords:

Aneurysm, Arteries, Femoral

Abstract

A 70-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital due to a swelling on her right inner thigh that was evident for six months. She had a history of trauma few months back, also history of stroke on anti-platelet treatment. Ultrasound of thigh suggestive of thrombosis in right femoral artery. Doppler suggestive of aneurysm of right femoral artery with thrombus. Right femoral artery aneurysm excision and thrombectomy done.

 

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Published

2020-04-23

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 5 (2020): May 2020

Section

Case Reports