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"DUODENAL TRAUMA"

May arise due to penetrating or blunt trauma. Deceleration injury may cause rupture at D2-3 (these segments are retroperitoneal and fixed). ...

May arise due to penetrating or blunt trauma. Deceleration injury may cause rupture at D2-3 (these segments are retroperitoneal and fixed).
CT

•  Retroperitoneal gas, duodenal oedema.
•  Peripancreatic stranding.
•  Active haemorrhage.
•  Intramural haematoma (blunt trauma).
•  Check the solid organs—pancreas, liver and spleen are commonly injured alongside the duodenum.