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Pancreatic ultrasound following blunt abdominal trauma

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Ten patients with suspected pancreatic injury from blunt abdominal trauma were evaluated by ultrasound. One examination performed on the day of the trauma was nondiagnostic. Nine examinations were performed between 6 days and 9 months following the trauma and revealed a pseudocyst in 3, and pancreatic enlargement in 2 patients. The remaining 4 examinations were normal and helped to exclude pancreatic injury.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Juri V. Kaude M.D. & Alexander N. McInnis

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Kaude, J.V., McInnis, A.N. Pancreatic ultrasound following blunt abdominal trauma. Gastrointest Radiol 7, 53–56 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01887606

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