2011
DOI: 10.1590/s1677-54492011000100013
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Abstract: Os aneurismas venosos são raros, porém causam complicações tromboembólicas. Na maioria das vezes, são encontrados como achados de exame físico ou de imagem. Os aneurismas sintomáticos de veia poplítea são tratados por reparo cirúrgico, devido ao alto risco de recorrência de embolia pulmonar. A técnica mais utilizada é a aneurismectomia tangencial com venorrafia lateral. Na impossibilidade de se empregar esta técnica, faz-se a ressecção com reconstrução venosa. Os autores relatam o caso de uma paciente com aneu… Show more

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“…Approximately two thirds of PVAs are saccular, a majority are located in the left lower limb, 8,9 and in 25% of cases they occur bilaterally, underscoring the importance of examining both legs with Doppler ultrasonography. The higher prevalence of PVA on the left side led to the suggestion that there is an association with compression of the left common iliac vein by the right common iliac artery, which was described in three asymptomatic patients diagnosed with imaging exams.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Approximately two thirds of PVAs are saccular, a majority are located in the left lower limb, 8,9 and in 25% of cases they occur bilaterally, underscoring the importance of examining both legs with Doppler ultrasonography. The higher prevalence of PVA on the left side led to the suggestion that there is an association with compression of the left common iliac vein by the right common iliac artery, which was described in three asymptomatic patients diagnosed with imaging exams.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%