Two personally observed cases of ischaemia of the lower extremities due to thrombosis caused by a popliteal aneurysm are presented. While surgery is known to be treatment of choice, in these cases locoregional fibrinolysis was preferred. It seems useful to detail the advantages of this approach that has never appeared in the literature as a treatment for aneurysmatic pathologies.

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