Radiology Case Reports (May 2022)

Gastric rupture following multiple blunt trauma

  • Nguyen Duy Hue, MD, PhD, Assoc Prof,
  • Nguyen Duy Hung, MD, PhD,
  • Nguyen Dinh Minh, MD, PhD,
  • Tran-Le Vuong Anh, MD,
  • Nguyen-Thi Hai Anh, MD,
  • Nguyen Minh Duc, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 5
pp. 1380 – 1383

Abstract

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Gastric injury due to trauma is a rare complication that occurs in approximately 0.04%-1.2% of all instances of abdominal trauma. When imaging trauma cases, certain areas can be obscured by several inevitable reasons. Despite its rarity, the high mortality rate of a gastric injury requires an early and accurate diagnosis. We present the case of an 18-year-old male who suffered a gastric rupture of the greater curvature following a road traffic collision before providing a brief review of the literature.

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