Popliteal Artery Pseudoaneurysm: A Rare Complication of Brucellosis

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-36

  Harman, Mustafa ^a   Irmak, Hasan ^a   Arslan, Halil ^a   Arslan, Ünal ^a   Kayan, Mustafa ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Popliteal artery; Pseudoaneurysm; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE MARROW CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG EDEMA; LEG THROMBOSIS; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPLITEAL ARTERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; BRUCELLOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0347362599     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10217     Document Type: Article

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