Traumatic rupture of the stomach due to a seat belt.
A case of gastric rupture is described in a patient who was wearing a lap and diagonal inertia reel seat belt at the time of a head-on collision. The literature is reviewed and the mechanism of injury is discussed.
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013275:Stomach Rupture / Q000209:etiology*