[Occlusion of the common femoral artery by traumatic disjunction of the pubic bones. A case of late diagnois].

A case of tight but limited stenosis of the common femoral artery resulting from traumatic injury to the pelvis with disjunction of the pubic bones is reported. The lesion was initially overlooked and was only diagnosed 13 year later. Repair consisted of limited resection of the occluded arterial segment which was replaced by a Dacron graft. Such lesions of the external iliac/common femoral arteries appear to be rarely associated with traumas of the pelvis. In this particular case, the artery had probably been sheared by the iliopubic tract.