title: Blunt injury to the inferior gluteal artery: case report of a rare "near miss" event.
abstract: Traumatic injuries of the inferior gluteal artery are rare, the majority of which are aneurysms due to sharp or blunt trauma. We report the rare case of a "near miss" event of a patient with an acute hemorrhagic mass in the right buttock caused by blunt trauma to the inferior gluteal artery without "hard" clinical signs of vascular injury. Despite the unusual presentation, diffuse injury of the inferior gluteal artery branches was diagnosed by ultrasonography and angiography. This article highlights the importance of considering an arterial injury following blunt trauma to the buttock with subsequent pain and swelling. Appreciation of this rare injury pattern is necessary in order to facilitate rapid diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, 3rd Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050051, PR China. drzhangyingze@yahoo.com.cn.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Huaijun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wade R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Jinshe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yingze
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang