Abstract:The liver is one of the most affected organs in abdominal trauma mostly because of its considerable dimensions, the fragility of the liver parenchyma.We present the case of a 29-year-old patient who sustained an abdominal trauma after an accidental fall from a 3 m height. The patient tested positive at RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 at admission, without any symptoms of viral infection. The emergency CT scan revealed a blunt liver trauma with an expanding hematoma (grade III). The patient was initially hemodynamically … Show more
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