An unusual case of four iliac veins injured by gunshot: case report and review of the literature.

Multiple injuries of iliac veins are uncommon and frequently fatal. An unusual case in which there were injuries of the four iliac veins by gunshot is described. Prompt control of hemorrhage is required.

[Simultaneous injury of 4 iliac veins by firearm: report of a case and review of the literature].

Iliac vessel injuries constitute approximately 10 percent of all vascular traumatic lesions. The high mortality rate is due to the massive exsanguination and the high frequency of associated injuries. Iliac vein injury occurs either isolated or in association with the arterial lesion.

[Tissue necrosis: a side effect of sodium diclofenac: report of cases and discussion of the physiopathology].

Diclofenac sodium is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory widely used drug both in the treatment of the rheumatic diseases and as analgesic. The fact that is a potent analgesic spread its use to almost all fields in medicine, increasing the reports of adverse effects associated with it. The main complications reported are gastrointestinal, dermatological and of the central nervous system.

[Traumatic right diaphragmatic hernia: report of a case and review of the diagnostic methods].

Rupture of the right hemidiaphragm from blunt trauma is uncommon. Better management and more rapid transportation of victims has increased the frequency with which patients sustaining this injury are arriving at the emergency room alive. A case of right-sided diaphragmatic hernia from blunt trauma in a 36-year-old man is reported.