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Popliteal aneurysms identified by intra-arterial streptokinase: a changing pattern of presentation
M J Lancashire1, E P Torrie, R B Galland
1Department of Surgery, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Berkshire, UK.
The British Journal of Surgery
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
Five patients presenting with chronic or subacute leg ischaemia due to thrombosed popliteal artery aneurysm are described. Only one of these aneurysms was diagnosed before intra-arterial streptokinase infusion, which successfully lysed the thrombus in all cases. One aneurysm had been symptomatic for 5 years and another for 2 years. Popliteal aneurysm may well be underdiagnosed as a cause of chronic leg ischaemia.