TY - JOUR
T1 - Pseudoaneurysm of distal external iliac artery with iliopsoas hematoma rare complication of intravenous drug abuse
AU - Parameswaran, Bimal Kumar
AU - Kanekar, Sangam
AU - Nair, Rajasekharan G.
AU - Abbas, Suzanne
AU - Malik, Neelam
PY - 2004/10
Y1 - 2004/10
N2 - Intravenous drug abusers are prone to many complications, one of which is development of pseudoaneurysm at the injection site. We report an unusual case of an intravenous drug abuser who developed a pseudoaneurysm of the external iliac artery with hematoma dissecting into the iliopsoas muscle and discuss the role of doppler and CT in the diagnosis.
AB - Intravenous drug abusers are prone to many complications, one of which is development of pseudoaneurysm at the injection site. We report an unusual case of an intravenous drug abuser who developed a pseudoaneurysm of the external iliac artery with hematoma dissecting into the iliopsoas muscle and discuss the role of doppler and CT in the diagnosis.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:12144264149
SN - 1015-6321
VL - 16
SP - 199
EP - 203
JO - Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society
JF - Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society
IS - 4
ER -
