title: Spontaneous rupture of the left common iliac vein.
abstract: A 63-year-old woman was admitted because she presented with acute lower abdominal pain and left leg pain without any history of trauma. Lower extremity venous duplex ultrasound demonstrated deep vein thrombosis in the left lower extremity. Computed tomography scan revealed high-density, irregular clumps in the pelvic region and a soft-tissue mass shadow in the right lower abdomen. Emergency laparotomy revealed a 1.5-cm longitudinal tear in the left common iliac vein. The vein was repaired primarily and the postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Liming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Wangxun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Guozuo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Xianpeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qiyu
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*