The patient presented with a 5-day history of acute pain and swelling in the right lower limb. On physical examination, wide popliteal pulses and satisfactory distal perfusion were observed. The laboratory work-up showed renal failure and the duplex ultrasound examination was suggestive of a ruptured right popliteal artery aneurysm with pseudoaneurysm formation and a left popliteal artery aneurysm. The patient underwent urgent surgery through a posterior popliteal approach. A ruptured aneurysm with pseudoaneurysm formation was found and repaired by endoaneurysmorrhaphy with interposition of a short saphenous vein segment. The postoperative period was unremarkable. Rupture of a popliteal artery aneurysm is a rare complication: a single report of spontaneous popliteal pseudoaneurysm was found in the literature.
Aneurysm; aneurysm rupture; pseudoaneurysm; popliteal artery
