Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma

The retroperitoneal hematoma in centro-medial zone is usually the consequence of the injury of all of the following structures except?
  1. Duodenum,
  2. Pancreas
  3. Kidney
  4. Great vessels
Explanation
Answer: C - The retroperitoneal hematoma in centro-medial zone is usually the consequence of the injury of duodenum, pancreas or great vessels. While injury to the kidney and colon results in retroperitoneal hematomas in the lateral zone.
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