TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting
T2 - A case report
AU - Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K.
AU - Klinis, Spyridon
AU - Peteinarakis, Ioannis
AU - Kounalakis, Dimitrios
AU - Antonakis, Nikos
AU - Tsafantakis, Emmanouil
AU - Lionis, Christos
PY - 2008/9/22
Y1 - 2008/9/22
N2 - Introduction: Popliteal venous aneurysms are uncommon but potentially fatal vascular disorders. They can be symptomatic or asymptomatic, mimicking different conditions. Popliteal venous aneurysms are possible sources of embolism. Case presentation: A 68-year-old woman presented at a rural primary health care unit in Crete, Greece, reporting local symptoms of discomfort in the right popliteal fossa with pain during palpation. Colour Doppler ultrasonography revealed local widening and saccular dilatation in the right distal popliteal vein. The diagnosis of a popliteal venous aneurysm was formulated. Conclusion: Popliteal venous aneurysms are rare conditions, but are potentially more common than usually thought in daily practice. Physician awareness and access to ultrasound examination may allow for early diagnosis, before the occurrence of any thromboembolic or other major complication.
AB - Introduction: Popliteal venous aneurysms are uncommon but potentially fatal vascular disorders. They can be symptomatic or asymptomatic, mimicking different conditions. Popliteal venous aneurysms are possible sources of embolism. Case presentation: A 68-year-old woman presented at a rural primary health care unit in Crete, Greece, reporting local symptoms of discomfort in the right popliteal fossa with pain during palpation. Colour Doppler ultrasonography revealed local widening and saccular dilatation in the right distal popliteal vein. The diagnosis of a popliteal venous aneurysm was formulated. Conclusion: Popliteal venous aneurysms are rare conditions, but are potentially more common than usually thought in daily practice. Physician awareness and access to ultrasound examination may allow for early diagnosis, before the occurrence of any thromboembolic or other major complication.
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U2 - 10.1186/1752-1947-2-307
DO - 10.1186/1752-1947-2-307
M3 - Article
C2 - 18808663
AN - SCOPUS:53249132855
SN - 1752-1947
VL - 2
JO - Journal of Medical Case Reports
JF - Journal of Medical Case Reports
M1 - 307
ER -