Abstract
Blunt traumatic arteriovenous fistulae of the extremities are rare in children. We
report the case of a 10-year-old boy with a traumatic infrapopliteal arteriovenous
fistula and concomitant pseudoaneurysm diagnosed 2 months after he was struck by a
car. It was definitively managed with coil embolization. Postprocedure, the vascular
anatomy of the patient's right calf was well preserved. He had complete resolution
of his symptoms immediately after the intervention and continues to do well 6 months
later.
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Accepted:
October 26,
2011
Received:
October 4,
2011
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