LESSON OF THE MONTH – A Psoas Ganglion Causing Obstruction of the Iliofemoral Arteries

Introduction anterior to the common femoral artery. Further dissection revealed an extensive ganglion encasing the Cystic adventitial disease is a rare cause of arterial common femoral artery and lateral aspect of the common femoral vein. The ganglion was dissected free of insufficiency. It has been described as most commonly affecting the popliteal artery, but has also been detected the vessel and traced cranially into the pelvis. An orthopaedic opinion was sought, which confirmed that in the radial, ulnar, external iliac and common femoral vessels. Here, we describe a unique case of cystic ganglion arose from the psoas sheath and not the hip joint. compression of the common femoral artery and vein from a ganglion arising from the psoas tendon sheath. An 8-mm Dacron graft soaked in rifampicin was inserted from the left common iliac artery to the spatulated origins of the superficial and profunda femoris arteries. No arterial segment was resected. His postCase Report operative period was uneventful.