Posttraumatic Dissection of the Iliac and Femoral Arteries

Abstract

The following article describes a case of posttraumatic iliac artery dissection that extended into the femoral artery. The incidence of isolated iliac artery aneurysms is discussed, as well as complications and treatment of these rare entities.

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Drysdale WF , Kraus JF , Franti CE , and Riggins RS : Injury patterns in motorcycle collisions. J Trauma 15:99-115, 1975.

Haddon W. : The Second Annual William S. Stone Lecture of the American Trauma Society . J Trauma 19:651-657, 1978.

Nahum DM , Lasky II , and Hooughi TT : Automobile accident injuries and accidental pathology. Proc Int Conf on Accident Pathology, June 6-8, 1968.

Sevitt S. : Fatal road accidents: Injuries, complications and cases of death in 250 subjects . Br J Surg 55:481-505, 1968.

Tedeschi CG , Eckert WG , and Tedeschi LG : Forensic Medicine, Edition 1. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1977 .

Ben-Menachem Y. : Angiography in Trauma. A Work Atlas. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1981.

Lassonde J. , and Laurendeau F. : Blunt injury of the abdominal aorta. Ann Surg 194:745-748, 1981.

Lowry SF , and Kraft RO : Isolated aneurysms of the iliac artery. Arch Surg 113:1289-1293, 1978.

Lucke B. , and Rea MH : Studies of aneurysms: I. General statistical data on aneurysms. JAMA 77:935-940, 1921.

10.

Garland HG : The pathology of aneurysms: A review of 167 autopsies. J Pathol Bacteriol 35:334-339, 1932.

11.

Markowitz AM , and Norman JC : Aneurysms of the iliac arteries. Ann Surg 154:777-787, 1961.

12.

Short DW : Aneurysms of the internal iliac artery. Br J Surg 53:17-20, 1966.

13.

Kalaf AC , Carvalhal SS , and Rosenberg D. : Aneurysm of the common iliac artery. Int Surg 59:540-541, 1974.

14.

Baur GM , Porter JM , Eidemiller LR , et al: The role of arteriography in abdominal aortic aneurysm. Am J Surg 136:184-189, 1978.

15.

Adar R. , Nazarian M. , and Salzman EW : Abdominal aortic dissection presenting as femoral artery occlusion. Br J Med Sci 5:407-410, 1969.

16.

Kam J. , Jackson H. , and Ben-Menachem Y. : Vascular injuries in blunt pelvic trauma. Radiol Clin North Am 19:171-186, 1981.