Inferior vena cava injury after blunt trauma: Case report

INTRODUCTION: inferior vena cava IVC injury is rare with lethal outcomes, the clinical signs depends on the location and associated injuries, andt he treatment might be endovascular, surgical. CLINICAL CASE: A 25 years with no medical history was admitted to the emergency department after a car accident. After intubation and hemodynamic stabilization, the computerized tomography CT scan showed hepatic laceration with a rupture of the IVC in the retro-hepatic portion, he was admitted to the operation room for damage control laparotomy; the patient died 12 h after the operation despite appropriate management. CONCLUSION: IVC are rare and lethal, the CT scan remains the gold standard and the evolution of endovascular techniques decreased the mortality rate. 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of US Publishing Group Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (hit!): CI cal)111111011S.nlp, by 4.n