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A 17-year-old male 1 week prior to admission had sustained a fracture to his left humerus following a road traffic accident. He subsequently presented acutely with increasing left-sided chest pain and shortness of breath. On examination, there were reduced air sounds at the left base and he was hypotensive. A CXR was performed in the emergency department (Image 1). After further review on the surgical ward, a CT was requested (Images 2a, b and 3a, b).
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D.Bergin et al. (2001) “The Dependent Viscera” sign in CT diagnosis of blunt traumatic diaphragmatic rupture. AJR 177:1137–1140
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Joarder, R., Crundwell, N. (2011). Case 7. In: Case Studies in Chest Imaging. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-838-6_7
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