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Stent Graft Expulsion Outside the Skin: A Rare Case
Asim Kalkan1, Behlul Bas, Taylan Kocer
1At the Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine in Istanbul, Turkey, Asim Kalkan, is Associate Professor; Behlul Bas, MD, is Physician; Taylan Kocer, MD, is Physician; Seref Emre Atis, MD, is Physician; Sevilay Sema Unver, MD, is Physician; and Yavuz Selim Koca, MD, is Physician. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted May 6, 2019; accepted in revised form August 26, 2019.
Abstract:
Patients who undergo stent grafting may present to the ED some time after the procedure with various related symptoms. The most common of these are stent graft occlusions or hematoma, although infection or abscess also may develop. In this case report, a 58-year-old man presented to the ED with a purulent wound on the stump of an amputated leg and a foreign body protruding from the wound site. The patient had a history of stent insertion with femoropopliteal bypass 11 years before this incident and an above-the-knee amputation because of stent occlusion 8 years prior. This wound had appeared with reddening of the skin 1 month before presentation, followed by the emergence and protrusion of a foreign body.
