This paper reports three cases with pseudoaneurysms or arteriovenous shunt due to trauma in the lower extremities.
Case 1. A twenty-eight-year old man was struck by volt the left gluteal region in accident on shipboard. Angiographic finding revealed pseudoaneurysm of left inferior gluteal artery.
He was three times attacked by large hemorrhage from the wound before he was examined at our clinic.
Case 2. A fifty-year old man was contused right femoral region in traffic accident. It resulted in swelling, pain and bleeding, but no skin lesion was found. Angiography revealed pseudoaneurysm of the inferior branch of the lateral circumflex artery.
Case 3. A forty-three-year old man was stabbed in the posterior region of bilateral thighs. Angiography revealed pseudoaneurysm of deep femoral artery in right and arterio-venous shunt between deep femoral artery and vein in left.
We have to notice vascular injuries even in the case with small skin lesion. These vascular injuries accurately by angioraphy. We treated these three cases by ligation of involved arteries and vein.
