Seyda Ors Kaya, Nevzat Karabulut, Gokhan Yuncu, Serpil Sevinc, Yilmaz Kiroğlu
The objective of our study was to describe the "sinus cut-off" sign at CT in the diagnosis of diaphragmatic rupture in patients with blunt abdominal trauma complicated with pleural effusion, and evaluate its utility in an experimental model. Between January 2004 and March 2005, we observed an unusual interruption of costophrenic sinus at CT in three patients with blunt abdominal trauma accompanied with pleural effusion. This observation prompted us to evaluate the utility of this sign in an experimental model...
August 2006: European Journal of Radiology