title: Common femoral artery injury secondary to tennis ball strike.
abstract: Tennis is a popular, safe sport that exposes amateur or professional players to minimal risk of injury. Most of this risk is related to musculoskeletal injuries, and vascular trauma is extremely rare. We present a case of a 68-year-old man in whom intermittent claudication developed after his right groin was struck by a tennis ball. The patient sought medical evaluation 2 months after the accident, and a subtotal occlusion of his right common femoral artery was disclosed by angiography and treated by endarterectomy.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Unit, 3rd Department of Surgery, Athens University Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece. vas25@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Spyros N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Vasdekis
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kakisis
authors.forename: Andreas M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lazaris
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Panayiotides
authors.forename: Aikaterini A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Angeli
authors.forename: Konstantinos G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Karkaletsis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019876:Sports Equipment; D013715:Tennis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*