Pseudoaneurysm of arteria profunda femoris following the surgery of proksimal femur fracture: a case report

Volume: 35 Number: 2 June 27, 2013
  • Burçin Keçeci
  • Levent Küçük
  • Mustafa Parıldar
  • Nadir Özkayın
  • Kemal Aktuğlu
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Pseudoaneurysm of arteria profunda femoris following the surgery of proksimal femur fracture: a case report

Abstract

Abstract

Pseudoaneurysm of arteria profunda femoris after the hip fracture is a very rare complication. The mechanism of pseudoaneursym formation may be traumatic, iatrogenic or infective injury to the arterial wall. Pseudoaneurysms of arteria profunda femoris usually give late symtomps such as persistent hip pain, thigh swelling, presence of a pulsatile mass and unexplained anemia that may suggest the diagnosis. Surgical repair, transcatheter embolization, thrombin injection under duplex imaging guidance is the treatment options for pseudoaneurysm. Angiography is a well known technique for accurate diagnosis and may be the first choice for the minimal invasive treatment. We present a case of a pseudoaneurysm of arteria profunda femoris following osteosynthesis of a proksimal femur fracture. Pseudoaneurysm was successfully treated by percutaneous placement of embolization coils.

Keywords: Aneurysm, false, femoral fractures, embolization, therapeutic, angiography

 

Özet

Kalça kırıkları sonrasında derin femoral arterde psödoanevrizma gelişmesi çok nadir görülen bir komplikasyondur. Psödoanevrizma arter duvarının travmatik, iatrojenik ya da enfektif bir yaralanmasına bağlı olarak gelişebilir. Derin femoral arterde gelişen psödoanevrizmalar genellikle geç bulgu verirler. Bu bulgular ısrarlı kalça ağrısı, uylukta şişlik, pulsatil kitle varlığı ve sebebi ortaya konamayan anemi şeklinde olabilir. Tedavi seçenekleri arasında cerrahi yöntemler, embolizasyon, thrombin enjeksiyonu sayılabilir. Anjiografi hem teşhis hem de aynı seansta tedavi imkanını sağlayabilen etkili bir yöntemdir. Proksimal femur kırığı cerrahi tedavisi sonrası derin femoral arterde psödoanevrizma gelişen ve anjiografik yöntemlerle perkutan embolizasyon uygulanarak tedavi edilen bir olguyu sunuyoruz.

Anahtar sözcükler: Psödoanevrizma, femur kırıkları, embolizasyon, anjiografi

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Burçin Keçeci

Mustafa Parıldar

Nadir Özkayın

Kemal Aktuğlu

Publication Date

June 27, 2013

Submission Date

November 24, 2011

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Year 2013 Volume: 35 Number: 2

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1.Keçeci B, Küçük L, Parıldar M, Özkayın N, Aktuğlu K. Pseudoaneurysm of arteria profunda femoris following the surgery of proksimal femur fracture: a case report. CMJ. 2013;35(2):250-254. https://izlik.org/JA47BU54YE