Femoral Artery Aneurysm Repair in a Patient With a Fibrillin-2 Mutation. (October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ratschiller, Thomas; Müller, Hannes; Schachner, Thomas; Fellner, Franz; Sulzbacher, Gregor; Zierer, Andreas
• Is Part Of: Vascular & endovascular surgery. Volume 52:Number 7(2018)
• Page Start: 583
• Page End: 586
• Publication Date: 2018-10
• Subjects: femoral artery aneurysm -- fibrillin-2; Blood-vessels -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Blood-vessels -- Endoscopic surgery -- Periodicals; Vascular Surgical Procedures -- Periodicals; Angioplasty -- Periodicals; Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive -- Periodicals; Vascular Diseases -- surgery -- Periodicals; Vaisseaux sanguins -- Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Vaisseaux sanguins -- Chirurgie endoscopique -- Périodiques; 617.41
• DOI: 10.1177/1538574418775191
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1538-5744

Abstract

Degenerative femoral artery aneurysms are uncommon and often associated with aneurysm in other distributions. We report a case of a 68-year-old man with multianeurysmal disease involving the aorta, iliac, femoral, and popliteal arteries managed interdisciplinary by stent-graft placement and open surgical repair. Genetic testing revealed a variant in the FBN2 gene encoding fibrillin-2, an important component of microfibrils. We detail arterial reconstruction of the femoral artery and discuss incidence, diagnosis, and therapy of femoral artery aneurysms.