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Fig. 6B. —Axial CT scans obtained after IV contrast administration in 55-year-old man who sustained thoracoabdominal trauma during car crash. Image at level superior to A displays fully continuous left hemidiaphragm. This patient illustrated another pitfall of CT for diagnosis of diaphragmatic rupture. Staff radiologists considered findings suggestive of left-sided blunt diaphragmatic rupture, whereas at surgery no diaphragmatic rupture was found.