Adventitial cystic disease in the common femoral artery.

The rare condition of adventitial cystic disease with massive cysts in the common femoral artery was treated in a 49-year old man. The symptoms were calf and thigh claudication. Angiography showed occlusion of the common femoral artery and the deep femoral artery. The condition was obvious peroperatively, and after clearing the deep artery, a bypass (ePTFE) to the two femoral run off vessels was needed. After an uneventful postoperative period, it was observed at three months' follow-up, that the patient had foot pulses.