Key result
Surgical extirpation of a non-pulsatile mass in the vastus intermedius of a 34-year-old woman successfully treated a true aneurysm with no residual functional impairment.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights a rare instance of a true aneurysm occurring in a small artery of the thigh without a clear etiology, successfully treated with surgical excision.
May prompt consideration of true aneurysm in non-pulsatile thigh masses; leaves open etiology and management strategies.
A 34-year-old woman felt the strain on the left thigh and noticed the mass a month later, which was man's fist sized, non-pulsatile and resilient hard. There were not found tumor stain or afferent and efferent arteries at angiogram.The extirpation of the tumor, localized in the vastus intermedius, was performed.Pathological diagnosis was true aneurysm, because sectioning of the tumor revealed the continuity of the arterial wall filled with the laminated thrombi.
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Furuse et al. (1977) conducted a case report in True aneurysm of the thigh (n=1). Surgical extirpation was evaluated. Surgical extirpation of a non-pulsatile mass in the vastus intermedius of a 34-year-old woman successfully treated a true aneurysm with no residual functional impairment.
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