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Case Reports
. 2022 Feb:79:127-129.
doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2021.08.005. Epub 2021 Oct 10.

True Aneurysm on Posterior Tibial Artery as Late Complication of SARS-CoV-2

Jonida Bejko  1 , Giada Sgorlon  2 , Chiara Zanon  3 , Giampiero Avruscio  4 , Antonio Zanon  2
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Case Reports

True Aneurysm on Posterior Tibial Artery as Late Complication of SARS-CoV-2

Jonida Bejko et al. Ann Vasc Surg. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

We describe the story of a 70- year-old Italian male that almost 4 months later respiratory infection by SARS-CoV-2 presented a rapid evolution of a true aneurism of the right posterior tibial artery (PTA).

Keywords: Posterior tibial artery; SARS-CoV-2; True aneurysm.

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Excision of the true aneurysm followed by end-to-end anastomosis of PTA.
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