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An acute lower limb ischaemia with an unusual cause
L R Jiao1, A Ramanathan, J Ackroyd
1Department of Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex, England, U.K.
Abstract:
Acute arterial occlusion associated with an abdominal aortic aneurysm can occur as a result of acute thrombosis or embolism from a mural thrombus of the aneurysm. We report here a case of an unusual association between a seat belt injury and an acute ischaemic leg in a patient known to have an abdominal aortic aneurysm. We also demonstrate some difficult dilemma related to the use of anticoagulation in patients with multiple injuries.