Ramus James R, Gibson Matthew, Magee Timothy, Torrie Peter
Department of General Surgery, The Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading RG1 5AN, UK.
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2007 Sep-Oct;30(5):1016-9. doi: 10.1007/s00270-007-9077-7. Epub 2007 May 29.
Spontaneous rupture of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) is rare. It may occur in the presence of an SFA aneurysm or in a nonaneurysmal, but usually atherosclerotic, artery. Previously these ruptures have been treated by surgical exclusion, often with bypass grafting. We report a case of spontaneous rupture of a nonaneurysmal SFA treated successfully with endovascular stent-grafting.