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Fig. 12

From: CT imaging of blunt chest trauma

Fig. 12

Traumatic oesophageal rupture. A 12-year-old boy traumatised during a fall from a tree. Oesophagogram with per os administration of water-soluble contrast medium (a) shows leakage of contrast medium into both pleural spaces. Axial CT image of the thorax at the level of the lung bases (b) verifies the leakage of the contrast medium into the left and right pleural spaces. (Image reproduced from: Arora A, Puri SK, Upreti L, et al (2010). Oesophageal rupture: a rare complication of blunt trauma, {Online}. URL: http://www.eurorad.org/case.php?id=8447)

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