[Enlargement and complications of symmetrical aneurysms of the femoral artery--a case report (author's transl)]

Abstract

The enlargement of symmetrical aneurysms of the femoral artery was followed up angiographically in a 67 year-old patient. The left aneurysm caused compression of the femoral vein and disturbance of venous outflow; surgical removal of the aneurysm, followed by Gore Tex bypass, resulted in a normalisation of arterial inflow and venous outflow. Rupture of the right aneurysm was immediately treated as a surgical emergency and a Gore Tex bypass was implanted on this side too. This unusual case and its complications and treatment is compared with, and discussed in the light of reports of similar cases in the literature.