Endovascular repair of true profunda femoris artery aneurysm using covered stent

Abstract

Profunda femoris artery aneurysms are extremely rare, and strongly associated with multiple synchronous or asynchronous aneurysms. In the literature, 2 types of the profunda femoris artery aneurysms were described. Pseudoaneurysms of the profunda femoris artery are mostly iatrogenic through fractures, catheterization, orthopedic injury, blunt trauma, or penetrating trauma. True profunda femoris artery aneurysm is idiopathic in nature. There is poor data related to the management of this type of aneurysm. This report is about the successful endovascular treatment of a 2.9 cm right asymptomatic true profunda femoris artery aneurysm using covered stents, with inconspicuous follow-up results after 3 and 6 months after implantation using contrast enhanced ultrasound. Endovascular repair is a good therapy to treat patients with true profunda femoris artery aneurysm, especially those with high morbidity.

Keywords

• True profunda femoris artery aneurysm
• Endovascular repair