1. Specific Radiological Findings of Traumatic Gastrointestinal Tract Injuries in Patients With Blunt Chest and Abdominal Trauma 
Nima Kokabi, MD, Elie Harmouche, MD, Minzhi Xing, MD, Waqas Shuaib, MD, Pardeep K. Mittal, MD, Kenneth Wilson, MD, Jamlik- Omari Johnson, MD, Savvas Nicolaou, MD, Faisal Khosa, MD 
Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 
Volume 66, Issue 2, Pages (May 2015)
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2. Figure 1
Esophageal perforation with extraluminal fluid and pneumomediastinum (arrows) (A) tracking into the base of the neck (B). Incidental left posterior third rib fracture (red arrow) and right pectoralis muscle hematoma/edema (*) noted. This figure is available in colour online at
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3. Figure 2
Severely distended stomach with intraluminal heterogeneous dense material (white arrows) and active extravasation (red arrows). No pneumoperitoneum. Contained rupture with large amount of intraluminal hemorrhage found during surgery (A-D). This figure is available in colour online at
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4. Figure 3
Duodenal perforation. Thickened heterogeneously enhancing duodenal wall with extraluminal fluid (white arrows) and air (yellow arrow) on initial contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) (A, B). Leaking of oral contrast and pooling around the duodenum on follow-up exam (white arrows) (C, D). This figure is available in colour online at
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5. Figure 4
Mesenteric hematoma with ischemic injury to jejunum and ileum with hyperdense fluid (yellow arrows) within the mesentery and bowel wall thickening (white arrows) more prominent in areas of mesenteric hematoma (A, B). Normal appearing more distal small bowel (blue arrows). Multiple corresponding segments of bowel were found to be ischemic during exploratory laparotomy. This figure is available in colour online at
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6. Figure 5
Traumatic herniation (yellow arrows) of descending colon posterior to the left lateral abdominal muscles with mildly thickened bowel wall (A, B). There is also fluid present in the herniation sac better appreciated on coronal reformats (*). This figure is available in colour online at
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7. Figure 6
Traumatic colonic rupture involving the cecum with pneumoperitoneum (white arrows) and retroperitoneum, free fluid, and stranding (yellow arrows) (A, B). This figure is available in colour online at
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