CT in abdominal and pelvic trauma.
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Multidetector CT evaluation of active extravasation in blunt abdominal and pelvic trauma patients.
Timely localization of a bleeding source can improve the efficacy of trauma management, and improvements in the technology of computed tomography (CT) have expedited the work-up of the traumatized patient. The classic pattern of active extravasation (ie, administered contrast agent that has escaped from injured arteries, veins, or urinary tract) at dual phase CT is a jet or focal area of hypera...
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عنوان ژورنال: RadioGraphics
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0271-5333,1527-1323
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.13.4.8356265