Abstract

Trauma of the vascular structure is not poplular event. In obstructive atherosclerotic vascular disease, we sometimes have needed bypass surgery. The long length subcutaneous prosthetic vascular graft are vulnerable to injury. But prosthetic vessel rupture after trauma has been rare report. A 68-year-old man was referred to Department of Emergency of the Gyeongsang National University Hospital. After he had had a blunt trauma, he found a newly appearing pulsating mass of 10 cm diameter on his right chest wall. The lesion had a turbulent blood flow in the cavity of the mass by ultrasonographic finding. The lesion was a rupture of superficial prosthetic vascular graft under the skin.

• Keywords: Arterial occlusive disease, Prosthetic vascular graft, Traumatic rupture