Double primary venous aneurysm of the small saphenous vein
Orestis Ioannidis 1, Ioannis Varnalidis 2, Konstantinos Alexandris 1, Christiana Anastasiadou 1, Angelos Megalopoulos 3
Affiliations
Article Info
1 Fourth Surgical Department, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
2 Plastic Surgery Department, General Regional Hospital ‘George Papanikolaou’, Thessaloniki, Greece
3 Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, General Regional Hospital “George Papanikolaou”, Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract
Venous aneurysms are rare lesions and of little significance in every day clinical practice. While in many cases asymptomatic they can be the cause of great morbidity due to thrombosis and subsequent possibility of pulmonary embolism. Venous aneurysms are classified in deep and superficial according to affected vein. The diagnosis is based mainly on Doppler ultrasound, while computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and venography provide more details. Treatment of venous aneurysms should be surgical. We present a case of a double aneurysm of the lesser saphenous vein which according to our knowledge is the first case reported in literature.
Keywords
- Superficial veins
- Varices
- Venous
