Peroneal neuropathy due to a popliteal aneurysm in a patient with infectious endocarditis


Ozcakar L., Aknc A., Aksoy D., Cetinkaya Y., Aydnl M.

ANNALS OF VASCULAR SURGERY, vol.18, no.1, pp.115-117, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 18 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s10016-003-0106-y
  • Journal Name: ANNALS OF VASCULAR SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.115-117
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We present an 18-year-old young man with the diagnosis of infective endocarditis who also suffered from concomitant knee pain. The clinical examination revealed right homonymous hemianopsia and left peroneal neuropathy. Magnetic resonance imaging studies of the knee demonstrated a lobulated saccular aneurysm in the left popliteal fossa. We diagnosed this patient as having peripheral mononeuropathy due to an aneurysm compressing the peroneal nerve in the left poplitea.