Hereditary Multiple Exostoses with Pseudoaneurysm
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Akram O. Shennak; Moaath Alsmady; Azmy M. Al-Hadidy; Azmi A. Haroun; Hanan Hamamy; Suha M. Ghoul
- Source
- CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. 30:537-540
- Subject
- Male
Osteochondroma
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Hereditary multiple exostoses
Magnetic resonance angiography
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Pseudoaneurysm
medicine.artery
medicine
Humans
Popliteal Artery
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Femur
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Femoral Neoplasms
Thrombosis
Magnetic resonance imaging
medicine.disease
Popliteal artery
Surgery
Radiology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Complication
Aneurysm, False
Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
- Language
- ISSN
- 1432-086X
0174-1551
A 16-year-old male patient with hereditary multiple exostoses (HME) was found to have a pseudoaneurysm of the left popliteal artery caused by osteochondroma in the lower femur. The diagnosis was confirmed by ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography without the need to perform an angiogram. The osteochondroma was excised and the popliteal artery was repaired with a saphenous graft. Vascular complications are extremely rare in HME, pseudoaneurysm being the most common and mostly located in the popliteal artery. This complication should be considered in young HME patients with a mass at the knee region. The radiological spectrum of investigations allows the diagnosis of this complication with proper and less invasive management procedures for the patient.