A pitfall in triple contrast CT of penetrating trauma of the flank.
This brief report describes the case of a 20-year-old man who was stabbed in the left flank. He underwent triple contrast helical CT of the abdomen and pelvis that showed a hyperdense focus in the area of the stab wound. This structure was a chip fracture of pelvis, but was misinterpreted as contrast extravasation, and the patient underwent negative exploratory laparotomy.
Loberant
Norman
N
Department of Radiology, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel. nloberant@yahoo.com
Goldfeld
Moshe
M
D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D003287:Contrast Media