Low-Energy Trauma: Severe Liver Injury in an Elderly Patient from a Seated Fall

Naoko E. Katsuki; Hitoshi Eguchi; Risa Hirata; Hidetoshi Aihara; Masaki Tago

doi:10.12659/AJCR.946094

27 December 2024 : Case report Japan

Low-Energy Trauma: Severe Liver Injury in an Elderly Patient from a Seated Fall

Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care

Naoko E. Katsuki

^1ABDEF, Hitoshi Eguchi^2ABDEF, Risa Hirata

^1EF, Hidetoshi Aihara^1AE, Masaki Tago

^1AEG*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.946094

Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e946094

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Figure 2. Abdominal computed tomography image with enhancement on the first day of admission (day 3). The image shows rupture, with the posterior segment of the right lobe of the liver and a hemorrhagic mass around the rupture (A, arrows), which was determined to be severe hepatic injury. Traumatic hemopneumothorax was identified in the right chest (B, arrows), and right ribs 7–11 were fractured (B, arrowhead).

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