Renal trauma · Decision · D80

The blush

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Renal traumaDecision · Advanced

The scenario

  • A young man after a fall.
  • CT shows a deep laceration of the left kidney with a perirenal haematoma and a focus of contrast blush.
What you see
  • He is haemodynamically stable after fluids.
Plate from the linked animation. Schematic to come: CT with a laceration and contrast blush, perirenal haematoma
Schematic to come: CT with a laceration and contrast blush, perirenal haematomaSchematic pending
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Teaching only · not for diagnosis or treatment decisions