title: Blunt trauma to the common femoral artery.
abstract: A patient with blunt trauma to the groin presented with pain and swelling and was noted to have a bruit and thrill over his right femoral artery. Arteriogram revealed a tear of the endothelium of the common femoral artery. Nonoperative therapy was initiated with continued improvement such that repeat arteriogram 2 months later showed only minimal intimal irregularity, and at 1 year postinjury the patient was asymptomatic.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004727:Endothelium; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006119:Groin / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*