GASTROINTESTINAL PERFORATION OR VASCULAR INJURY - A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA FOR COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY IN BLUNT ABDOMINAL-TRAUMA

Authors
KWAUK S WALLACE K HYDE P
Citation
S. Kwauk et al., GASTROINTESTINAL PERFORATION OR VASCULAR INJURY - A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA FOR COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY IN BLUNT ABDOMINAL-TRAUMA, Canadian Association of Radiologists journal, 46(1), 1995, pp. 57-59
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Canadian Association of Radiologists journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
08465371
Volume
46
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
57 - 59
Database
ISI
SICI code
0846-5371(1995)46:1<57:GPOVI->2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The authors describe an unconscious 20-year-old woman with Crohn's dis ease who was examined after a motor vehicle accident. During dynamic c omputed tomography after intravenous and oral administration of contra st material, contrast agent was observed in the peritoneal cavity. The source of the free contrast material was active bleeding, but it was initially mistaken for extravasation from the bowel. Exploratory lapar otomy revealed transection of the superior mesenteric vein.