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View larger version (80K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. A 30-year-old woman was trapped in a car that had flipped over and landed in a shallow lake with a sandy bottom. She was rescued and rushed to the emergency department, where computed tomographic (CT) scans were obtained. Several hyperdense collections (denser than bone) are apparent on the radiographic studies. The CT scan of the head shows sand in the right maxillary sinus (Panel A, arrow). The scan of the chest shows sand in the bronchial tree (Panel B, arrow), and the abdominal CT scan shows sand in the stomach (Panel C, arrow). After the placement of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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