Abstract
Superficial femoral artery injury due to bone fragment of femoral fracture is often
overlooked as it occurs only in rare cases of femoral fractures and the onset of symptoms
usually happen weeks or even months later. The deep femoral artery, in fact, is more
susceptible to injuries associated with femoral fractures. Moreover, a preexisting
calcification lesion of the arterial wall might enhance the chance of such arterial
injury, a condition that we noticed in the case we are reporting. We will illustrate
a rare case of calcified superficial femoral artery injury complicating subtrochanteric
femur fracture.
Keywords
superficial femoral artery - deep femoral artery - pseudoaneurysm - proximal femur
fracture
