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"A Surprise Calcification"

 

 

Case of the Week 271



What's the most likely diagnosis?

  • 32 year-old in a motor vehicle accident

  1. Renal cell carcinoma
  2. Free air
  3. Liver laceration
  4. Cirrhosis
  5. Gastric outlet obstruction


Answer:

 


3. Liver laceration (with active extravasation)

 

 

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Liver Laceration

General Considerations

  • Most frequently injured abdominal organ after spleen
  • Most often due to deceleration injuries
    • Often seen in association with
      • Right-sided rib fractures
      • Right-sided pneumothorax
      • Right lung contusion
      • Injuries to the right kidney or adrenal gland

 

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