Contusión de la aorta abdominal y embolización masiva por uso de cinturón de seguridad: caso clínico / Contusion of abdominal aorta and massive embolization associated to safety belt usage

ABSTRACT

Abdominal aortic lesion following blunt abdominal trauma is infrequent. Parmley quotes 347 cases of aortic lesion among 8710 necropsies. Of these, only 406% involved the abdominal aorta. Probably less than 100 cases have been reported afterwards. We report a case associated to the use of safety belt, who developed the serious complciation of massive embolization