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Cystic, myxomatous adventitial degeneration of a saphenous vein
S Yoshii1, K Ikeda, H Murakami
1Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai-Denryoku Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Journal of Vascular Surgery
|May 12, 1998
Abstract:
We describe the case of a 75-year-old woman with adventitial cystic degeneration of the great saphenous vein. Involvement of the great saphenous vein has been unreported previously. Intravenous cysts containing mucinous material were found in the great saphenous vein. Histopathologic examination revealed mucus-filled cysts in the adventitia of the vein, and myxomatous degeneration of the adventitial connective tissue was found.