Infected femoral artery pseudoaneurysm ligation and revascularisation: A case report

Key Clinical MessageAlthough ligating femoral pseudoaneurysm is a safe procedure, some cases require revascularization, and the appropriate treatment should be tailored to the patient.AbstractIn this case report, we highlight the challenge in treating infected femoral artery pseudoaneurysm. The patient, a 37-year-old male intravenous drug abuser, presented to the emergency department with a 2-month history of a progressively growing lump over his right groin. Two days before the presentation the swelling became hot and painful. After physical examination, it was revealed that the localized swelling is about 15  × 15 cm in size. It is pulsating, expanding in all directions, moving from side to side, and has been reduced in size due to proximal artery compression with the inflamed overlying skin causing slight flexion of the right hip joint and there was serosanguineous discharge as well. The affecte d leg was warm with intact motor and sensory function, palpable femoral, and popliteal arterial pulses, but non-palpable left posterior tibial and anterior tibial arterial pulses, both of which had triphasic wave signals on a portable hand-held Doppler (there was below knee marked edema). CT angiogr aphy (CTA) revealed a large well-defined heterogeneous cystic structure at the right groin with an average diameter of 11 × 10 × 9 cm, with a connection with the common femoral artery. After proximal and distal control, excision of the infected femoral pseudoaneurysm,...
Source: Clinical Case Reports - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: CASE REPORT Source Type: research