Varetto Gianfranco, Castagno Claudio, Ripepi Matteo, Garneri Paolo, Quaglino Simone, Rispoli Pietro
Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Turin.
Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Aug;47(4):413-5. doi: 10.5090/kjtcs.2014.47.4.413. Epub 2014 Aug 5.
The superficial femoral artery (SFA) is a relatively rare location for lower limb aneurysmatic disease. In the literature, this disease is described an association between a relatively high growth rate and/or the rupture of aneurysms and chemotherapeutic agents. We report a case of the rupture of a giant SFA aneurysm in a patient during chemotherapy for acute lymphatic leukemia.