Daniel Ocazionez MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Carlos S. Restrepo MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Achint K. Singh MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Carolina Ortiz-Lopez MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Gregory Kicska MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

J. David Godwin MD, Abstract Co-Author: Shareholder, Cardiac Insight

1. Lower cervical spine injuries (involving C4 through C7) are particularly prevalent in near-fatal drowning victims when the predominant mechanism of injury was diving. 2. The most common pulmonary CT findings in near-fatal drowning consist of diffuse, hazy groundglass and alveolar opacities throughout the bilateral lungs, with sparing of the most lateral, apical and basilar regions, coalescing in the perihilar and medial lung zones. 3. The most common abdominal CT finding in near-fatal drowning is a distended stomach, with increased amount of gastric fluid which can have increased attenuation reflecting aspirated sand or sediment.

1. Introduction 2. Epidemiology 3. Pathophysiology 4. Imaging manifestations:     A. Neurologic     B. Cardiopulmonary     C. Abdominal     D. Musculoskeletal 5. Conclusion  

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Ocazionez, D, Restrepo, C, Singh, A, Ortiz-Lopez, C, Kicska, G, Godwin, J, Multisystemic Imaging Findings Associated with Near-fatal Drowning.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14011600.html