To cite: Shalabi ST, Hussain N, Shalabi HT, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-202199 DESCRIPTION A 54-year-old man presented with claudication in his left calf with a walking distance of 200 m. There was no history of hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, thrombophilia, smoking or any risk factors associated with atherosclerosis. Doppler scan d...

Ali Yeşiltaş M, Aycan Kavala A, Türkyılmaz S, Kuserli Y, Toz H. Outcomes of open surgery in popliteal artery aneurysms: Five years experience a single center. Turk J Vasc Surg 2022; 31(2): 108-114. http://dx.doi.org/10.9739/tjvs.2022.1193

An 81-year-old female was referred for myocardial infarction with heart failure. She was successfully treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and left ventriculogram revealed an apical thrombus 20 mm in diameter. Multiple simultaneous thromboemboli occurred in her right renal artery, supramesenteric artery (SMA), and right popliteal artery on the fifth day after PCI despite antic...

INTRODUCTION Cystic adventitial disease of the popliteal artery is a rare cause of non-atheromatous claudication. It usually requires surgery to improve the distance walked by patients. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 44-year-old Caucasian man with unilateral symptomatic popliteal cysts extending to his genicular branches and associated with multilevel stenosis of his anterior tibia...

The persistent sciatic artery (PSA) is a rare anatomical variant where the internal iliac artery and the axial artery of the embryo provide the major supply of the lower limb, the superficial femoral artery being usually poorly developed or absent. We describe an extremely large right PSA in a 79-year-old male cadaver during a medical gross anatomy course, with simultaneous existence of a hypop...

The name mycotic aneurysm was coined by Osler to describe aneurysms associated with bacterial endocarditis with an appearance of fresh fungal vegetations; however majority of them are caused by bacteria. Mycotic aneurysm (MA) is a rare complication of infective endocarditis (IE), seen in 3-15% of IE patients.

Patients with critical limb ischemia necessitate immediate intervention to restore blood flow to the affected limb. Endovascular procedures are currently preferred for these patients. We describe the case of an 80-year-old female patient who presented to our department with ischemic rest pain and ulceration of the left limb. The patient had history of left femoral popliteal bypass surgery, femo...

Results Color Doppler ultrasound revealed bilateral popliteal arterial aneurysm of 2-2.5 cm. Computed tomographic angiography showed a fusiform aneurysmal dilation of the abdominal aorta with a largest diameter of 38 mm. Left superficial femoral artery was totally occluded and the graft was patent. There was a high-grade stenosis at the site of proximal anastomosis. Both popliteal arteries show...

Surgical repair of popliteal artery aneurysm in morbid obese patients poses additional challenges. We report a morbid obese patient who had a 59 mm right popliteal artery aneurysm which was successfully treated with the endograft connector technique. This technique was used to perform the distal anastomosis of the below-knee femoro-popliteal bypass. A 10 mm Dacron graft was used as a main graft...