title: Liver Trauma in the Kitchen: Preparing Whipped Cream with a Siphon Is Not without Risk.
abstract: We report the case of a 36-year-old woman suffering from liver injury caused by the malfunction of a whipped cream siphon. When this patient handled the whipped cream siphon, the screwed metallic upper part of the siphon was suddenly dissociated from its base and came violently striking her right hypochondrium. At first, the severity of injury was underestimated. Subsequently, due to the persistence of pain experienced by the patient, an abdominal CT scan was performed. It highlighted a severe liver injury with rupture of a branch of the hepatic artery. The evolution was favorable after completion of an embolization and a secondary capsular rupture.
authors.affiliation: Reanimation des Urgences et Medicale, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bourenne
authors.affiliation: Reanimation des Urgences et Medicale, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Béatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eon
authors.affiliation: Reanimation des Urgences et Medicale, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Fouad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bouzana
authors.affiliation: Reanimation des Urgences et Medicale, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.affiliation: Reanimation des Urgences et Medicale, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Estelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jean
authors.affiliation: Service d'Accueil des Urgences, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Michelet
authors.affiliation: Reanimation des Urgences et Medicale, CHU la Timone 2 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gainnier