Citation

Rosengart MR, Zierler RE. Vasc. Endovascular. Surg. 2002; 36(6): 465-467.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. rosengar@u.washington.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12476237

Abstract

A 66-year-old, restrained driver involved in a high-speed motor vehicle crash sustained a transmural infrarenal fracture of a circumferentially calcified aorta. Blunt abdominal aortic injury is exceedingly rare, about twenty times less common than its thoracic counterpart, and the current case report is therefore unusual. A high index of suspicion in combination with a suggestive clinical history or examination should prompt diagnostic intervention, as both morbidity and mortality are high.

Language: en