title: [Ultrasound findings in rupture of the colon after blunt abdominal trauma].
abstract: A 20-year old man presented with pain in the upper abdomen but without external signs of injury after blunt abdominal trauma. On sonography free fluid and a mixed echogenic mass in the upper right abdominal quadrant were observed. On laparotomy a hematoma in the ascending colon following rupture of the serosa and muscularis and a hemoperitoneum were discovered.
authors.affiliation: Röntgenabteilung, Hospital zum hl. Geist, Frankfurt/Main.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hegenbarth
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rehagel
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*