The Turkish Journal of Vascular Surgery
Yazarlar: M. Cengiz ÇOLAK, Nevzat ERDİL, Olcay DİŞLİ, Ercan KAHRAMAN, Burak IŞIK, Ramazan KUTLU, Bektaş BATTALOĞLU
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Anahtar Kelimeler:Pseudoaneurysm,Aortofemoral bypass,Polytetrafluoroethylene graft
Özet: A 67-year-old man who admitted to our hospital with a tender, pulsatile mass around the navel and pain, pallor, poikilotermy his right lower extremity. He had been undergone aorto- femoral bypass with an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft and saphenous vein. En- hanced computed tomography (CT) and aortography showed that a large density area around the PTFE graft with anastomotic leakage. Operative inspection revealed that the pulsatile mass was a large pseudoaneurysm, and we replaced it with a new PTFE graft. Cultures were negative and no sign of recurrence for 6 month.