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. 2024 Feb 6;5(1):e13097.
doi: 10.1002/emp2.13097. eCollection 2024 Feb.

Fall leading to aortic injury

Christine Carico  1 , Katherine Griesmer  1 , William Miller  1 , Erin F Shufflebarger  1 , Zachary Pacheco  1
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Fall leading to aortic injury

Christine Carico et al. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. .
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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Transverse computerized tomography image showing large focus of active hemorrhage projecting from the posterior aspect of the infrarenal aorta at the level of L3 with associated large retroperitoneal hematoma (arrow).
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Sagittal computerized tomography image showing avulsion fracture at the anterosuperior aspect of L3 vertebral body (arrow).
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