INTRODUCTION One complication of autogenous arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for haemodialysis is the formation of a venous aneurysm. CLINICAL PICTURE The clinical picture is typically an expanding aneurysm leading to skin atrophy and ulceration with the risk of rupture and infection. Aneurysm also reduces the potential cannulation area. TREATMENT The cases described here used a surgical 'remode...

Venous anomalies are rarely seen with cystic hygromas. We describe an unusual case of cystic hygroma of the neck associated with a saccular venous aneurysm that was increasing in size. A multi-modality examination of the neck-including CT, Doppler sonography, and MR imaging-revealed multiloculated cystic lesions bilaterally with predominance on the left side. A saccular venous aneurysm was note...

BACKGROUND Saphenous venous graft (SVG) aneurysm is a very rare but potentially fatal complication of the coronary artery bypass surgery. CASE REPORT We reported a case of 72-year-old man admitted to hospital because of atypical chest pain related to body motions in horizontal position, especially to the left side. Pain was followed by dispnea, palpitations, fatigue, cough, yellow sputum expe...

Dear Editor, A 34-year-old female presented with progressively worsening left flank pain. The pain was initially relieved by analgesics but subsequently increased in severity and frequency. There were no complaints of haematuria, dysmenorrhoea or dyspareunia. Physical examination was essentially unremarkable with no palpable abdominal mass or pelvic varicose veins. Urinalysis suggested mild uri...

Arterio-venous aneurysm of the lung is usually considered to be a rare lesion, and by 1942 only four examples were on record. During the last six years, however, nineteen more cases have been published, and it is likely that as the clinical features of this syndrome become better known still more of these patients will be separated from the cases of cyanotic congenital heart disease and polycyt...

Treatment of venous aneurysms involving the iliac and femoral veins have generally been open surgical with a few case reports noting use an endovascular approach. We report 3 instances, one in patient iliocaval occlusion occluded TrapEase filter who presented large left external vein aneurysm, second, common aneurysm third, profunda femoris associated pulmonary embolism, all whom were successfu...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We sought to investigate the role of the endothelial lining in aneurysmal persistence and recurrence after endovascular treatment of aneurysms. METHODS Bilateral venous pouch canine carotid aneurysms were studied by angiography and pathology 1, 2, and 3 weeks after intraoperative collagen sponge embolization, coated or not coated with fibrinogen (n=15). In 12 dogs the e...