Citation

Vasdekis SN, Kakisis JD, Lazaris AM, Panayiotides JG, Angeli AA, Karkaletsis KG. J. Vasc. Surg. 2006; 44(6): 1350-1352.

Affiliation

Vascular Unit, 3rd Department of Surgery, Athens University Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece. vas25@otenet.gr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jvs.2006.08.008

PMID

17145441

Abstract

Tennis is a popular, safe sport that exposes amateur or professional players to minimal risk of injury. Most of this risk is related to musculoskeletal injuries, and vascular trauma is extremely rare. We present a case of a 68-year-old man in whom intermittent claudication developed after his right groin was struck by a tennis ball. The patient sought medical evaluation 2 months after the accident, and a subtotal occlusion of his right common femoral artery was disclosed by angiography and treated by endarterectomy.

Language: en