Rupture of the profunda femoris artery in a patient with alcoholic liver disease: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Profunda femoris artery aneurysms are rare and often present with rupture. However, to the best of our knowledge, rupture of a non-aneurismal profunda femoris artery has never been reported before. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 31-year-old Caucasian man with alcoholic live...

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Autores principales: Orchard, Philippa, Tan, Benjamin HL, Abayasekara, Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23561730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-95
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Profunda femoris artery aneurysms are rare and often present with rupture. However, to the best of our knowledge, rupture of a non-aneurismal profunda femoris artery has never been reported before. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 31-year-old Caucasian man with alcoholic liver disease who presented with rupture of the profunda femoris artery following blunt trauma which was treated by endovascular embolization. CONCLUSION: Coagulopathy secondary to alcoholic liver disease is a major contributory factor and a high index of suspicion of vascular injury must be attached to such patients following blunt trauma. Although there have no previous documented cases, treatment by endovascular embolization appears to be effective and safe.

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