Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Brain, head, and neck
- Section 2 Spine
- Section 3 Thorax
- Section 4 Cardiovascular
- Case 39 Aortic pulsation artifact
- Case 40 Mediastinal widening due to non-hemorrhagic causes
- Case 41 Aortic injury with normal mediastinal width
- Case 42 Retrocrural periaortic hematoma
- Case 43 Mimicks of hemopericardium on FAST
- Case 44 Mimicks of acute thoracic aortic syndromes: aortic dissection, intramural hematoma, and penetrating aortic ulcer
- Case 45 Aortic intramural hematoma
- Case 46 Pitfalls in peripheral CT angiography
- Case 47 Breathing artifact simulating pulmonary embolism
- Case 48 Acute versus chronic pulmonary thromboembolism
- Case 49 Vascular embolization of foreign body
- Section 5 Abdomen
- Section 6 Pelvis
- Section 7 Musculoskeletal
- Section 8 Pediatrics
- Index
- References
Case 41 - Aortic injury with normal mediastinal width
from Section 4 - Cardiovascular
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Brain, head, and neck
- Section 2 Spine
- Section 3 Thorax
- Section 4 Cardiovascular
- Case 39 Aortic pulsation artifact
- Case 40 Mediastinal widening due to non-hemorrhagic causes
- Case 41 Aortic injury with normal mediastinal width
- Case 42 Retrocrural periaortic hematoma
- Case 43 Mimicks of hemopericardium on FAST
- Case 44 Mimicks of acute thoracic aortic syndromes: aortic dissection, intramural hematoma, and penetrating aortic ulcer
- Case 45 Aortic intramural hematoma
- Case 46 Pitfalls in peripheral CT angiography
- Case 47 Breathing artifact simulating pulmonary embolism
- Case 48 Acute versus chronic pulmonary thromboembolism
- Case 49 Vascular embolization of foreign body
- Section 5 Abdomen
- Section 6 Pelvis
- Section 7 Musculoskeletal
- Section 8 Pediatrics
- Index
- References
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- Pearls and Pitfalls in Emergency RadiologyVariants and Other Difficult Diagnoses, pp. 138 - 140Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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