True Aneurysm on Posterior Tibial Artery as Late Complication of SARS-CoV-2

Jonida Bejko; Giada Sgorlon; Chiara Zanon; Giampiero Avruscio; Antonio Zanon

doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2021.08.005

True Aneurysm on Posterior Tibial Artery as Late Complication of SARS-CoV-2

Ann Vasc Surg. 2022 Feb:79:127-129. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2021.08.005. Epub 2021 Oct 10.

Authors

Jonida Bejko¹, Giada Sgorlon², Chiara Zanon³, Giampiero Avruscio⁴, Antonio Zanon²

Affiliations

¹ Veneto Orientale Local Unit of Health and Social Services 4: Azienda ULSS 4 Veneto Orientale, Italy. Electronic address: jonidabg@gmail.com.
² Veneto Orientale Local Unit of Health and Social Services 4: Azienda ULSS 4 Veneto Orientale, Italy.
³ Institute of Radiology, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
⁴ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Angiology Unit, Padua, Italy.

Abstract

We describe the story of a 70- year-old Italian male that almost 4 months later respiratory infection by SARS-CoV-2 presented a rapid evolution of a true aneurism of the right posterior tibial artery (PTA).

Keywords: Posterior tibial artery; SARS-CoV-2; True aneurysm.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm / etiology*
Aneurysm / surgery
COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / diagnosis
Humans
Male
Tibial Arteries* / diagnostic imaging
Tibial Arteries* / surgery
Treatment Outcome