Aneurysms of the profunda femoris artery rarely occur as an isolated lesion because of anatomical position and characteristics of wall tissue. The case of a 79-year-old man admitted to the hospital because of acute pain and swelling of the right leg with pulsating tumor in the groin is reported. Duplex scanning and angiography, performed in order to establish the diagnosis and to plan the operation, demonstrated a right large aneurysm of the deep femoral artery (8 x 12 cm). At operation, the aneurysm was resected associated to a PTFE Stretch graft replacement because the autogenous saphenous vein was not available. A review of the literature on the clinical manifestation and management in emergency or elective surgery of the isolated true atherosclerotic aneurysm of the deep femoral artery, is presented.

The infected aneurysms of the aorta represent the 0.65% of all the aneurysms and they are associated with high morbidity and mortality. The vascular infections from Salmonella are not particularly frequent, even if in the last years their reports are more numerous. The authors report their experience in the surgical treatment of one case of aneurysm of the abdominal aorta infected by group C Salmonella, making a review of the Literature on this matter.

The aneurysms of the celiac trunk are the rarest aneurysms of the visceral arteries. From 1958 only 69 cases have been reported in the international literature. They are frequently asymptomatic and their discovery is more often occasional. They can rupture in 15-20% of the cases with a mortality approaching 80% of the cases. This explains the need of a surgical treatment even in the asymptomatic cases. Personal experience in the surgical treatment of a case of aneurysm of the celiac trunk is reported and a survey of the literature on this matter is made.