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Spontaneous rupture of the left common iliac vein
N Gaschignard1, Y Le Paul, T Maouni
1Department of Vascular Surgery, Center of Medical Imaging, Centre Hospitalier, La Roche sur Yon, France.
Annals of Vascular Surgery
|September 16, 2000
Abstract:
We report a case of spontaneous rupture of the left common iliac vein in a 58-year-old woman. Because of hemorrhagic shock, the intervention had to be performed under emergency circumstances, precluding repair of the external iliac vein, which was ligated. The postoperative course was uneventful. We also review the 17 prior cases found in the literature.