Abstract
Aneurysms of the popliteal vein without symptoms are a rare clinical finding. Most
patients presented with symptoms of thromboembolism. Because of this nobody knows
the exact incidence rate of this occurrence. We describe the case a 49-year-old female
who presented with popliteal fossa pain. A popliteal venous aneurysm was detected
by ultrasound and has now been observed for 42 months without complications, therapy,
and symptoms. Literature on the subject, mostly case reports, is rare and the treatments
used differed greatly. Most proposalstry to treat asymptomatic patients suffering
from saccular aneurysm with parietal thrombi and symptomatic patients are treated
by medical or better surgical intervention. The remainder of asymptomatic patients
can be kept under observation by means of color Doppler and duplex sonography.
