traumatic duodenal hematoma (DH) is an unusual event, occurring mainly in children and young individuals, with a male predominance in both age groups. Furthermore, it can be a diagnostic challenge because of unreliable history, nonspecific signs and symptoms, delayed appearance, and the duodenum's retroperitoneal location.
1,2Sonography is considered a reliable screening tool for blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) 3,4 ; however, since the beginning of the last decade, only a small number of reported DH cases 5-8 have been described by sonography. We illustrate the sonographic findings at the diagnosis and follow-up of a traumatic DH in a young man who was treated expectantly. We also present the sonographic findings of the resulted complete obstruction of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the DH's postoperative sonographic appearance.
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