A 35-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department Due to Persistent

question 49

Multiple Choice

A 35-year-old man comes to the emergency department due to persistent abdominal pain.  Yesterday, during a soccer game, he suffered a full-speed collision with another player.  He had diffuse abdominal pain at the time but did not seek care until this morning, when the pain seemed to worsen.  As part of the patient's evaluation, a CT scan of the abdomen is obtained and shown in the image below.  It is determined that his injury involves an organ that is supplied mainly by an artery of the foregut even though the organ itself is not a foregut derivative.  Which of the following organs is most likely to be injured in this patient?

• A)A
• B)B
• C)C
• D)D

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