[Severe complication of translumbar aortography. Apropos of a case]

A case is reported in which death followed translumbar aortography. The onset of acute ischemia of the lower limbs without thrombosis and of diffuse skin mottling below the level of the puncture are unusual features. These suggest the responsibility of the iodine hydrosoluble contrast medium in the genesis of this lethal complication whose mechanisms are discussed.