Blunt Duodenal Rupture
Complementary Roles of Sonography and CT
Elaine Yutan1,
Gayle M. Waitches2 and
Riyad Karmy-Jones1
1
Department of Surgery, Harboriview Medical Center, University of Washington
School of Medicine, Box 359728, 325 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104.
2
Department of Radiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington
School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98104.

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Fig. 1A. 19-year-old man after motor vehicle collision. IV
contrastenhanced helical CT scan of abdomen reveals disruption of
lateral wall of junction of second and third portions of duodenum, consistent
with mural laceration. Note combination of accompanying duodenal wall
thickening (arrowheads) and intra- and extraluminal fluid
(arrow).
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Fig. 1B. 19-year-old man after motor vehicle collision. IV
contrastenhanced helical CT scan of abdomen reveals linear
low-attenuation laceration (arrowheads) in right lobe of liver,
extending to gallbladder fossa.
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