Clinical Diagnosis · Cardiovascular System · Hard
Pseudoaneurysm
Meaning: A leak of blood through a breach in an artery wall, contained only by surrounding tissue rather than vessel layers.
In practice: A pulsatile groin swelling after angiography turned out to be a femoral pseudoaneurysm.
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