title: Penetrating injury from high-speed motor vehicle collision.
abstract: We present the case history of a post motor vehicle crash victim with lower extremity fractures and decreased blood flow. Emergent Angipgraphy revealed a foreign body which was later operated and removed. The case emphasizes that High-speed motor vehicle accidents commonly lead to penetrating injury from objects within and outside of the vehicle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: Alan H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Daniels
keywords: Motor vehicle accident; penetrating trauma; vascular injury