CT of an actively-hemorrhaging liver laceration in a 9-year-old child.
A 9-year-old female with blunt abdominal trauma following a motor vehicle accident was referred from the Emergency Room for abdominal CT imaging. CT demonstrated the unusual and heretofore unreported finding of an actively hemorrhaging liver laceration.
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Department of Radiology, Maine Medical Center, Portland.
Grimes
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Isler
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Curci
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Dibbins
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D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*