title: Spontaneous rupture of the iliac vein: report of a case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hanada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aiba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Funami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takaba
mesh_terms: 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