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Symvoulakis EK, Klinis S, Peteinarakis I, et al. Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2008;2:307doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-307.
Symvoulakis, E. K., Klinis, S., Peteinarakis, I., Kounalakis, D., Antonakis, N., Tsafantakis, E., & Lionis, C. (2008). Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting: a case report. Journal of medical case reports, 2307. https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-307
Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K, et al. "Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting: a case report." Journal of medical case reports vol. 2 (2008): 307. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-307
Symvoulakis EK, Klinis S, Peteinarakis I, Kounalakis D, Antonakis N, Tsafantakis E, Lionis C. Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2008 Sep 22;2:307. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-307. PMID: 18808663; PMCID: PMC2556343.
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J Med Case Rep. 2008 Sep 22;2:307. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-307.

Diagnosing a popliteal venous aneurysm in a primary care setting: a case report.

Journal of medical case reports

Emmanouil K Symvoulakis, Spyridon Klinis, Ioannis Peteinarakis, Dimitrios Kounalakis, Nikos Antonakis, Emmanouil Tsafantakis, Christos Lionis

Affiliations

  1. Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. [email protected].

PMID: 18808663 PMCID: PMC2556343 DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-307

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Popliteal venous aneurysms are uncommon but potentially fatal vascular disorders. They can be symptomatic or asymptomatic, mimicking different conditions. Popliteal venous aneurysms are possible sources of embolism.

CASE PRESENTATION: A 68-year-old woman presented at a rural primary health care unit in Crete, Greece, reporting local symptoms of discomfort in the right popliteal fossa with pain during palpation. Colour Doppler ultrasonography revealed local widening and saccular dilatation in the right distal popliteal vein. The diagnosis of a popliteal venous aneurysm was formulated.

CONCLUSION: Popliteal venous aneurysms are rare conditions, but are potentially more common than usually thought in daily practice. Physician awareness and access to ultrasound examination may allow for early diagnosis, before the occurrence of any thromboembolic or other major complication.

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