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Popliteal Venous Aneurysm Presenting With Bilateral Pulmonary Thromboembolism
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Popliteal Venous Aneurysm Presenting With Bilateral Pulmonary Thromboembolism

Michael George Zaki Ghali, Jesse A. Taylor, Mary Mallon, Patrick Gerety, Paul Shea, Sharon Weinberger, Jacqueline Urbine and Deepti Raybagkar
Vascular and endovascular surgery, v 52(4), pp 287-290
01 May 2018
PMID: 29486675

Abstract

Cardiovascular System & Cardiology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Peripheral Vascular Disease Science & Technology Surgery
A 12-year-old boy presenting with chest pain and dyspnea was found to have bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) secondary to left popliteal venous aneurysm (PVA) with thrombus. He improved with thrombolytics, developed recurrent PTE, then underwent surgical repair of his PVA. The pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of PVA are discussed.

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Peripheral Vascular Disease
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