Common femoral vein canal lipoma causing chronic unilateral lower limb swelling. (28th April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lowry, Danielle; Kay, Mark Darren; Tiwari, Alok
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 2014
• Publication Date: 2014-04-28
• Subjects: Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-201968
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : A 64-year-old woman presented to vascular clinic with a 2-year history of right ankle swelling, associated with pain on walking. Initial venous duplex imaging showed no obvious cause. Further imaging showed a lipoma compressing the common femoral vein. We consider the relative merits of the imaging modalities of the groin and the literature available on lipomas causing compression.