TOTBİD Dergisi

TOTBİD Dergisi

2011, Cilt 10, Sayı, 4     (Sayfalar: 331-334)

An unusual clinical presentation of superior gluteal artery injury: a case report

Yusuf Öztürkmen 1, Merter Yalçınkaya 1, Onat Üzümcügil 1, Mahmut Karamehmetoğlu 1

1 İstanbul Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniği, İstanbul

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We present a case of delayed and persistent gluteal hematoma due to superior gluteal artery injury after an acetabular rim fracture reconstruction. To the best of our knowledge, with a different clinical picture from the previous reports. In this case report, we present a patient who was in a good clinical condition when admitted to the clinic for a wound that had developed due to a persistent gluteal hematoma. The patient was coincidentally found to have an unstable hemodynamic status by routine blood count and the correct diagnosis was made by a selective arterial angiography. The radiographically controlled arterial embolization of the lacerated vessel performed in this patient was demonstrated to be a quick and effective technique in the solution of this lifethreatening problem.

Anahtar Kelimeler : Angiography; arterial embolization; superior gluteal artery injury