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LOPEZ DIAZ, Michel et al. Aneurysm of popliteal artery in both inferior limbs. Rev Cubana Angiol Cir Vasc [online]. 2019, vol.20, n.1, e383. ISSN 1682-0037.

The popliteal artery´s aneurysms are the most frequent of all those that affect outlying arteries and it corresponds to an increase bigger than 1,5 cms of the diameter of this artery. A not very frequent case is presented due to the dimensions that the popliteal left artery reached. The case presented a diagnosis of aneurysm of the popliteal artery in both inferior limbs, with bigger diameter in the left which is infrequent. The patient presented pain in the left popliteal area and impossibility of extending the leg. Important decrease of the distal pressures indexes of both inferior limbs was detected, and in the performed angiotomography there was evidence of thrombosed aneurisms in both popliteal regions. The patient was attended in the operating room and an aneurismectomy with prosthesis substitution of femoral superficial artery to tibial- peroneal arterial trunk in left lower limb was carried out. The patient was discharged with satisfactory evolution.

Palabras clave : popliteal artery aneurysm.

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