Surgical Treatment for Profunda Femoris Artery Aneurysms: Five Case Reports

Profunda femoris artery aneurysm (PFAA) is an extremely rare entity, with most cases being asymptomatic, which makes obtaining an early diagnosis difficult. We herein report a case series of PFAA, in which more than half of the PFAAs, which presented with no clinical symptoms, were discovered incide...

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Main Authors: Kimihiro Igari, Toshifumi Kudo, Takahiro Toyofuku, Yoshinori Inoue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Vascular Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/375278
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description Profunda femoris artery aneurysm (PFAA) is an extremely rare entity, with most cases being asymptomatic, which makes obtaining an early diagnosis difficult. We herein report a case series of PFAA, in which more than half of the PFAAs, which presented with no clinical symptoms, were discovered incidentally. All PFAAs were treated surgically with aneurysmectomy with or without vascular reconstruction. In cases involving a patent superficial femoral artery (SFA), graft replacement of the profunda femoris artery (PFA) is not mandatory; however, preserving the blood flow of the PFA is necessary to maintain lower extremity perfusion in patients with occlusion of the SFA. Therefore, the treatment of PFAAs should include appropriate management of both the aneurysmectomy and graft replacement, if possible.
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spelling doaj-art-25932e1a9292409dba38d4969c9e80442025-02-03T05:44:41ZengWileyCase Reports in Vascular Medicine2090-69862090-69942015-01-01201510.1155/2015/375278375278Surgical Treatment for Profunda Femoris Artery Aneurysms: Five Case ReportsKimihiro Igari0Toshifumi Kudo1Takahiro Toyofuku2Yoshinori Inoue3Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, JapanDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, JapanDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, JapanDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, JapanProfunda femoris artery aneurysm (PFAA) is an extremely rare entity, with most cases being asymptomatic, which makes obtaining an early diagnosis difficult. We herein report a case series of PFAA, in which more than half of the PFAAs, which presented with no clinical symptoms, were discovered incidentally. All PFAAs were treated surgically with aneurysmectomy with or without vascular reconstruction. In cases involving a patent superficial femoral artery (SFA), graft replacement of the profunda femoris artery (PFA) is not mandatory; however, preserving the blood flow of the PFA is necessary to maintain lower extremity perfusion in patients with occlusion of the SFA. Therefore, the treatment of PFAAs should include appropriate management of both the aneurysmectomy and graft replacement, if possible.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/375278
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title_full_unstemmed Surgical Treatment for Profunda Femoris Artery Aneurysms: Five Case Reports
title_short Surgical Treatment for Profunda Femoris Artery Aneurysms: Five Case Reports
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