Common femoral vein canal lipoma causing chronic unilateral lower limb swelling

Abstract

A 64-year-old woman presented to vascular clinic with a 2-year history of right ankle swelling, associated with pain on walking. Initial venous duplex imaging showed no obvious cause. Further imaging showed a lipoma compressing the common femoral vein. We consider the relative merits of the imaging modalities of the groin and the literature available on lipomas causing compression. Copyright 2014 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.