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Fig. 1A. —CT scans of stomach wall obtained in two patients who
sustained blunt abdominal trauma. Water appears to be superior to dilute
Hypaque Sodium ([diatrizoic acid dihydrate] Amersham Health) for visualization
of stomach wall in this child, although no statistically significant overall
difference was found between these agents. 16-year-old boy with splenic
rupture and perisplenic hematoma who received water as oral contrast agent.
Stomach wall is well depicted when outlined internally by low-attentuation
water and externally by low-attenuation mesenteric fat.
