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case_images: Patient 1 imaging including (a) admission pelvis CT, (b) admission chest X-ray, (c) chest X-ray while on ECMO, and (d) chest X-ray from the time of discharge.
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case_images: His hemodynamics improved, and he was taken for imaging which revealed an unstable three column fracture of the C7 vertebral body, small bilateral anterior pneumothoraces, a right retroperitoneal hematoma extending along the iliopsoas muscle with active extravasation, and significant osseous injury including displaced bilateral pubic rami fractures, right sacroiliac fracture with joint space widening, a shattered right scapula, and bilateral rib fractures with an underlying right pulmonary contusion (Figure 1).
case_images: PMC8357509_02
case_images: Patient 2 imaging including (a) admission abdominal CT with air pattern concerning for diaphragmatic injury, (b) admission chest X-ray, (c) chest X-ray after positive COVID test, and (d) chest X-ray from the time of discharge.
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case_images: Additionally, he was found to have a moderate left-sided pneumothorax and associated left anterior 7th rib fracture for which he underwent chest tube placement with resolution of his pneumothorax (Figure 2).