Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of venous aneurysms

“…After surgical treatment, postoperative anticoagulation is advised for a period of at least three months in people (Vermeer and others 2014). Antiplatelet therapy should be considered in a patient that has had a thromboembolic event or in patients considered at risk.…”

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Congenital venous aneurysm of the right external jugular vein in a great dane

Lefebvre¹,

Merveille²,

Rizza³

et al. 2016

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An 11-month-old entire female great dane was presented for a painless swelling on the ventral right side of its neck. Fine needle aspiration of the mass revealed the presence of blood. Ultrasonographic examination revealed an anechoic subcutaneous tubular structure consistent with a jugular aneurysm. Surgery consisted in ligature of the right external jugular vein and excision of the aneurysm. No intraoperative complication occurred. Jugular aneurysm has been rarely reported in dogs. Venous aneurysms may be the result of several processes including tumours, inflammation, trauma, or may appear spontaneously or congenitally. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice due to the risk of thrombosis or possible rupture.

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“…These can involve both the superficial and the deep venous systems. 1,2 Thromboembolic events can also occur in presence of superficial VAs. 3,4 The etiology frequently remains unknown.…”

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“…However, traumas (traumatic pseudo-aneurysms), inflammations, congenital anomalies (Menkes disease, neurofibromatosis) and local degenerative changes are thought to be implicated in the development of VAs. 1 The most common treatment modalities of VAs consist in aneurysm resection (after vein ligation), or tangential excision via venorrhaphy. 1 We hereby present a rare case of gastrocnemius vein aneurysm (GVA) developed after a compressive knee trauma.…”

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Medial gastrocnemius vein aneurysm development after compressive trauma in the knee

et al. 2016

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Objectives Venous aneurysms are uncommon. They can involve both superficial and deep venous systems. We hereby present a unique case of gastrocnemius venous aneurysm developed after compressive knee trauma. Report A large venous aneurysm in the left popliteal fossa was detected by chance in a 44-year-old woman one month after a compressive trauma to the posterior surface of the knee. Magnetic resonance-imaging of the same knee had documented normal venous anatomy one year earlier. The venous aneurysm involved the medial gastrocnemius vein near its confluence in the popliteal vein and was surgically resected. Histopathology evidenced a true venous aneurysm. The patient was discharged under oral anticoagulation for three months. At one year follow-up, neither complications nor new venous aneurysm development was detected. Conclusions An accurate evaluation of the venous system is always mandatory after limb traumas which may lead to post-traumatic venous pseudo-aneurysms, as well as more rarely, true venous aneurysms in the lower extremities.

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Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of venous aneurysms

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Inferior vena cava aneurysm presenting as deep vein thrombosis − A case report

Inferior vena cava aneurysm presenting as deep vein thrombosis − A case report

Congenital venous aneurysm of the right external jugular vein in a great dane

Medial gastrocnemius vein aneurysm development after compressive trauma in the knee

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