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Three-dimensional enhanced computed tomography angiography of the right leg. Arrow A
indicates the residual great saphenous vein, arrow B indicates the part of the vein
ligated during the initial surgery, and arrow C indicates the recurrent varicose lesion
that ruptured.
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A three-dimensional enhanced computed tomography angiography done the next day showed the entire residual great saphenous vein of the thigh (Figure 1, arrow A). The great saphenous vein had been ligated at the knee level in a previous surgery (Figure 1, arrow B), but the distal portion of the vein remained. The blood supply was from the perforator of the anterior tibial vein, which showed a varicose lesion (Figure 1, arrow C) up to the spontaneous rupture.