Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 8 , Pages 1134.e9-1134.e13, November 2010

Rupture of a True Giant Aneurysm of the Posterior Tibial Artery: A Huge Size of 6 cm on Diameter

  • Emanuele Ferrero

      Affiliations

    • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Emanuele Ferrero, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Largo Turati 62, 10128 Turin, Italy
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  • Michelangelo Ferri

      Affiliations

    • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Andrea Viazzo

      Affiliations

    • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Andrea Gaggiano

      Affiliations

    • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Cardinal Massaia Hospital, Asti, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Berardi

      Affiliations

    • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Salvatore Piazza

      Affiliations

    • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Pia Cumbo

      Affiliations

    • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Claudio Castagno

      Affiliations

    • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Alberto Pecchio

      Affiliations

    • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Franco Nessi

      Affiliations

    • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy

published online 05 July 2010.

True aneurysms of tibial artery are rare occurrences and their rupture is really rare. We report the case of a 59-year-old man who, after an episode of bacterial endocarditis, presented a posterior tibial aneurysm formation evolved in rupture. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a true giant aneurysm rupture of the posterior tibial artery (diameter, 6 cm). The treatment consisted of aneurysmectomy and surgical arterial ligation. A follow-up of 24 months was performed with good results.

 

PII: S0890-5096(10)00143-3

doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2010.01.016

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 8 , Pages 1134.e9-1134.e13, November 2010