Spontaneous rupture of the iliac vein: report of a case.
We report a rare case of a spontaneous rupture of the iliac vein which was then surgically treated with good results. A 66-year-old woman was admitted complaining of leg swelling and lower abdominal pain. On the 3rd day after admission, an operation was performed because of a gradually increasing hematoma in the retroperitoneal space. Laparotomy revealed a 17 mm longitudinal tear on the anterior surface of the left external iliac vein with a thrombus inside the lumen. Most of the previously reported 14 cases of this nature have required emergency operations.
Yamada
M
M
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
Nonaka
M
M
Murai
N
N
Hanada
H
H
Aiba
M
M
Funami
M
M
Inoue
K
K
Takaba
T
T
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein; D011859:Radiography; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging