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Shun-Ichi Kawarai1, Manabu Fukasawa, Yu Kawahara
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hachinohe City Hospital, Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan.
Abstract:
We describe a patient with adventitial cystic disease of the popliteal artery with intermittent claudication involving the right calf during exercise. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) revealed a cystic lesion that encircled and compressed the popliteal artery. Resection of the cyst involving a segment of the affected popliteal artery and interposing an autologous vein graft resolved the symptoms, and the postoperative course was uneventful. The cyst was histologically similar to a ganglion.
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