Cystic adventitial disease of the popliteal artery with unusual spontaneous regression: A case report with literature review

Meriem Affes; Mohamed Chaabouni; Monia Attia; Chaker Jaber; Ines Baccouche; Salma Kchaou; Henda Nèji; Saoussen Hantous-Zannad

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5757

Cystic adventitial disease of the popliteal artery with unusual spontaneous regression: A case report with literature review

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Apr 15;10(4):e05757. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5757. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Meriem Affes^{1

2}, Mohamed Chaabouni¹, Monia Attia^{1

2}, Chaker Jaber^{3

2}, Ines Baccouche¹, Salma Kchaou¹, Henda Nèji^{1

2}, Saoussen Hantous-Zannad^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology Abderrahmen Mami Hospital Ariana Tunisia.
² Faculty of medicine of Tunis Tunis El Manar University Ariana Tunisia.
³ Department of thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Abderrahmen Mami Hospital Ariana Tunisia.

Abstract

This report highlights the case of cystic adventitial disease of the left popliteal artery in a 45-year-old male patient. Imaging modalities confirmed the diagnosis and high resolution MRI found a cystic connection to the adjacent knee joint. The evolution was unusual with spontaneous regression of the symptoms.

Keywords: adventitia; cysts; magnetic resonance imaging; popliteal artery; spontaneous remission.

Publication types

Case Reports