Iliac Vascular Injury in the Absence of a Pelvic Fracture

J Trauma Nurs. 2017 Sep/Oct;24(5):323-325. doi: 10.1097/JTN.0000000000000312.

Abstract

This case study presents a rare iliac vascular injury in the absence of a pelvic fracture. A 36-year-old man sustained a blunt injury after being stuck by a motor vehicle. The only positive computed tomographic finding was in the pelvis that showed a 4 × 2-cm left retroperitoneal soft-tissue collection, appearing to encompass the left common and left external iliac veins. A pelvic venogram was obtained on Day 2 revealing a focal injury to the left external iliac vein with 60% narrowing. The patient was treated with clopidogrel and acetylsalicylic acid and discharged from the hospital to his home 3 days later. A follow-up pelvic venogram in 6 weeks later showed complete healing of previously visualized left external iliac venous injury without any residual stenosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Adult
  • Aspirin / administration & dosage
  • Clopidogrel
  • Conservative Treatment / methods*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Iliac Vein / diagnostic imaging*
  • Iliac Vein / injuries
  • Injury Severity Score
  • Male
  • Pelvic Bones / injuries
  • Phlebography / methods
  • Ticlopidine / administration & dosage
  • Ticlopidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vascular System Injuries / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vascular System Injuries / physiopathology
  • Vascular System Injuries / therapy*
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnostic imaging
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / physiopathology
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / therapy

Substances

  • Clopidogrel
  • Ticlopidine
  • Aspirin