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Axial C+ arterial phase

Axial C+ portal venous phase

Coronal C+ portal venous phase

Question 1

What abdominal operation has the patient had?

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Trauma laparotomy with liver packing.

Question 2

What liver injury is present?

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Large liver laceration/haematoma with active bleeding.

Very large liver haematoma/laceration with evidence of active bleeding from a branch of the right hepatic artery. Further active haemorrhage within liver parenchyma in liver segment VI. Numerous peri-hepatic surgical packs. Free gas in keeping with recent laparotomy (vac dressing noted).

No large pneumothorax. Small left haemothorax. Undisplaced right anterior 5th-7th rib fractures. Displaced left anterior 3rd rib fracture. Undisplaced left anterior 2nd, 4th and 5th rib fractures. Undisplaced transverse sternal body fracture. Extensive right-sided lung consolidation, with complete right upper lobar consolidation. Less extensive left-sided patchy consolidation.