Calf pain and cystic adventitial disease of the popliteal artery.

In a 61 year-old women, suffering a left calf pain for more 18 months, a diagnosis of cystic adventitial disease of the popliteal artery was confirmed by scanner. At the operation, we found an intramural cyst of the popliteal artery. A total resection of the cyst and of the artery (resection and end to end anastomosis) was performed. Adventitial cystic disease represents 0, 1% of the vascular diseases). The popliteal artery seems to be the most frequent site.

[Intraneural fibrolipoma of the median nerve at the thumb. Apropos of a case and literature review]. / Fibrolipome intra-neural du nerf médian au poignet. A propos d'un cas et revue de la littérature.

The authors report the case of a rare tumor of the median nerve in a 67-year-old man. They provide a review of the literature, and discuss the original macroscopic and histologic characteristics, the etiological hypotheses and the possibilities of treatment of this tumor.