title: Holster accidents: self-inflicted gunshot injuries of the knee and leg.
abstract: A man accidentally shot himself in the knee while holstering his own revolver. Although the pain was minimal, the wound "clean", and the joint flexible, angiography revealed a false aneurysm of the popliteal artery, a short segment of minimal tears below it, and a popliteal arteriovenus fistula slightly distal to the false aneurysm. Any penetrating wound of the popliteal fossa whose trajectory points to the vascular structures should be investigated angiographically.
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D011152:Popliteal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011187:Posture; D011859:Radiography; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*