Rectus sheath hematoma with underlying hepatic flexure hematoma secondary to stabbing
Diagnosis certain
Updates to Case Attributes
Presentation
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Stabbing to right upper quadrant.
Body
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Penetrating injuries are most often caused by firearms (see gunshot injuries) but also by knife wounds and other forms of impalement. Determining the trajectory of the wound tract assists with the evaluation of the CT as organs lying along the tract have a high likelihood of being injured.
-<p>Penetrating injuries are most often caused by firearms (see <a href="/articles/imaging-of-gunshot-injuries-1">gunshot injuries</a>) but also by knife wounds and other forms of impalement. Determining the trajectory of the wound tract assists with the evaluation of the CT as organs lying along the tract have a high likelihood of being injured.</p><p> </p>- +<p>Penetrating injuries are most often caused by firearms (see <a href="/articles/imaging-of-gunshot-injuries-1">gunshot injuries</a>) but also by knife wounds and other forms of impalement. Determining the trajectory of the wound tract assists with the evaluation of the CT as organs lying along the tract have a high likelihood of being injured.</p>
Systems changed:
- Musculoskeletal
Tags changed:
- penetrating trauma
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