Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting: A case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>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.</p> <p...
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| author | Symvoulakis Emmanouil K Klinis Spyridon Peteinarakis Ioannis Kounalakis Dimitrios Antonakis Nikos Tsafantakis Emmanouil Lionis Christos |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>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.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eed34584729d4494aab92a4634dfc2c12022-12-22T01:58:00ZengBMCJournal of Medical Case Reports1752-19472008-09-012130710.1186/1752-1947-2-307Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting: A case reportSymvoulakis Emmanouil KKlinis SpyridonPeteinarakis IoannisKounalakis DimitriosAntonakis NikosTsafantakis EmmanouilLionis Christos<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>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.</p>http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/2/1/307 |
| spellingShingle | Symvoulakis Emmanouil K Klinis Spyridon Peteinarakis Ioannis Kounalakis Dimitrios Antonakis Nikos Tsafantakis Emmanouil Lionis Christos Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting: A case report Journal of Medical Case Reports |
| title | Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting: A case report |
| title_full | Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting: A case report |
| title_short | Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting: A case report |
| title_sort | diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting a case report |
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