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Axial (a) and frontal (b) CT scan views revealing a large splenic laceration with associated sub-capsular fluid collection (arrows), measuring 9.7 x 5.8 cm in axial dimension, without evidence of acute extravasation.
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Six days later, he presented to an outside facility with progressive, localized left upper quadrant abdominal pain, and was admitted after axial computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis revealed a splenic laceration with associated sub-capsular hematoma (fig. 1).