Internal iliac artery injury in a fractured pelvis.

This is a case of an 8 year-old boy who suffered a severe road traffic accident (RTA) with multiple fractures of the pelvis and right femur together with rupture of the urethra. After initial stabilization, he presented one month later with a large pseudoaneurysm of the left internal iliac artery. The patient underwent successful laparotomy, evacuation of the hematoma and ligation of the injured internal iliac artery. (Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003; 9: 337-9)