Avulsion of the Levator Ani in a Young Adult Male by Blunt Trauma

A young adult male equestrian sustained an avulsion of his levator ani muscle and its bony origin secondary to a horse landing on his groin. Avulsion of the levator ani muscle has, to our knowledge, only been described in obstetric related injuries. We describe the findings on CT imaging of this tra...

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Autores principales: Epstein, Matthew D., Chew, Felix S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4897601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27303567
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v3i4.248
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Sumario:A young adult male equestrian sustained an avulsion of his levator ani muscle and its bony origin secondary to a horse landing on his groin. Avulsion of the levator ani muscle has, to our knowledge, only been described in obstetric related injuries. We describe the findings on CT imaging of this traumatic blunt injury.

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