title: High grade occlusion of the iliac vein by a traumatic pelvic hematoma without fracture.
abstract: A case of a man with a massive pelvic hematoma from blunt trauma without bony fracture is presented. The pressure of the hematoma on the iliac vein prevented fluid resuscitation using this route. A pelvic hematoma should be suspected in patients with iliac vein obstruction after blunt pelvic trauma even in the absence of fractures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goodnight
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Nordestgaard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D010388:Pelvis / Q000293:injuries*; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014690:Venous Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*