Looking beyond Morison's pouch in focused assessment with sonography for trauma: Penetrating hepatobiliary trauma and a new sign for emergency physicians

摘要

A man presented to the emergency department with a stab wound to his right upper quadrant. His vital signs were in the normal range. Examination revealed a 1.5 cm wound at the junction of the subcostal margin and the linea semilunaris. There was localised peritonitic tenderness. Lactate was elevated at 4.3 mmol/l.