Spontaneous rupture of the dorsalis pedis artery: report of a case.

Shinichi Hiromatsu, Yukio Hosokawa, Noriko Egawa, Shigeaki Aoyagi

PubMed · 2007 · 14 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

A 52-year-old man underwent the repair of a spontaneous rupture of the dorsalis pedis artery. We considered that untreated hypertension was one possible cause of the rupture. This is a rare case of spontaneous rupture in a peripheral artery.

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