Symptomatic superficial femoral artery pseudoaneurysm due to late stent fracture

Victor Bilman; Vincenzo Ardita; Alessandro Grandi; Roberto Chiesa; Luca Bertoglio

doi:10.1016/j.jvscit.2019.11.015

Symptomatic superficial femoral artery pseudoaneurysm due to late stent fracture

J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020 Feb 20;6(1):106-109. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2019.11.015. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Authors

Victor Bilman¹, Vincenzo Ardita², Alessandro Grandi², Roberto Chiesa², Luca Bertoglio²

Affiliations

¹ Cirurgia Vascular e Endovascular, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
² Division of Vascular Surgery, "Vita-Salute" University, Scientific Institute H. San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.

Abstract

Late formation of pseudoaneurysm related to stent fracture is rarely described in the literature. We describe a case of spontaneous 8-cm femoral superficial artery pseudoaneurysm rupture that had developed from fracture of a stent implanted 3 years previously. Surgical repair was performed with fractured stent removal and reverse saphenous vein bypass.

Keywords: Fracture; Pseudoaneurysm; Stent; Superficial artery.