Traumatic abdominal aortic rupture treated by endovascular stent placement in an 11-year-old boy

Abstract

Traumatic aortic injury is extremely rare in children and only a few case reports can be found in the literature concerning the management of such lesions. In adults, endovascular stents are widely used, but in children this treatment is controversial. We report the case of an 11 year-old boy with a traumatic rupture of the abdominal aorta, treated successfully in our hospital by the placement of an endovascular stent. We discuss the management, imaging, and treatment of such lesions as described in the literature.