Core curriculum illustration: blunt trauma to the bowel

Nupur Verma; John D Pham; Ken F Linnau

doi:10.1007/s10140-016-1455-5

Core curriculum illustration: blunt trauma to the bowel

Emerg Radiol. 2017 Feb;24(1):109-111. doi: 10.1007/s10140-016-1455-5. Epub 2016 Oct 18.

Authors

Nupur Verma¹, John D Pham², Ken F Linnau³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Florida, Post Office Box 100374, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0374, USA. vermnu@radiology.ufl.edu.
² Department of Radiology, University of Florida, Post Office Box 100374, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0374, USA.
³ Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

PMID: 27757729
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-016-1455-5

Abstract

This is the 22nd installment of a series that will highlight one case per publication issue from the bank of cases available online as part of the American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) educational resources. Our goal is to generate more interest in and use of our online materials. To view more cases online, please visit the ASER Core Curriculum and Recommendations for Study online at http://www.aseronline.org/curriculum/toc.htm .

Keywords: Blunt bowel injury; Bowel perforation; Hollow visceral injury; Mesenteric injury; Trauma CT.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic
Adult
Colon, Sigmoid / injuries*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Intestinal Perforation / diagnostic imaging*
Intestinal Perforation / surgery
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnostic imaging*
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / surgery