EJVES Extra
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 73-75, December 2006

Aplasia of Great Saphenous Vein: A Case Report

  • N. Labropoulos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 150 Bergen Street, Room D-447, Newark, NJ 07101-1709, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. N. Labropoulos, MD, Department of Surgery, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, 150 Bergen Street, Room D-447, Newark, NJ 07101-1709, USA.
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  • K. Hazelwood

      Affiliations

    • Loyola University Medical Center, USA
    • ,
  • A. Bhatti

      Affiliations

    • Loyola University Medical Center, USA

Accepted 29 August 2006.

A case of complete aplasia of the great saphenous vein (GSV) is described. A 60 year-old woman presented with signs and symptoms of chronic venous disease (CVD) to the vascular laboratory. The patient was examined using duplex ultrasound (DU) and was found to have aplasia of the GSV in her left leg from the lower calf to sapheno-femoral junction (SFJ). The contralateral GSV had segmental aplasia.

Keywords: Aplasia, Great saphenous vein, Chronic venous disease, Duplex ultrasound, Anterior accessory saphenous vein

 

PII: S1533-3167(06)00072-0

doi:10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2006.08.001

Refers to article:

  • Aplasia of Great Saphenous Vein: A Case Report , 13 November 2006

    N. Labropoulos, K. Hazelwood, A. Bhatti
    European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery February 2007 (Vol. 33, Issue 2, Page 254)

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