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A traumatic false aneurysm of the ankle: an unusual bump on the forefoot
A traumatic false aneurysm of the ankle: an unusual bump on the forefoot
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- BMJ Publishing Group, 2014.
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Abstract
- A 66-year-old man was referred to the general surgeon by his general practitioner for excision of a ‘bump’ on the anterior side of his left ankle because of pain due to irritation from shoe gear. This ‘bump’ slowly started since several months after an ankle injury. He denies intravenous access or previous surgery in this region of the ankle. Medical history represents obesity, atrial fibrillation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes mellitus type 2. Physical examination of the left ankle revealed an elevated, weak pulsatile mass approximately 2 cm in diameter. It was located along the anterior side of the left ankle in the anatomical region of the dorsalis pedis artery (DPA). MR angiography and MRI (figure 1A, B) and duplex ultrasound (figure …
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Forefoot
Ultrasound
Atrial fibrillation
Physical examination
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Article
Tibial Arteries
medicine.anatomical_structure
Aneurysm
Dorsalis pedis artery
medicine.artery
medicine
Humans
Medical history
Radiology
Ankle Injuries
Ankle
business
Aneurysm, False
Aged
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1a1e588abb57230c2ea7e9ae2b74c5e9