Figure 2a. Images in a 19-year-old woman involved in a motor vehicle accident. (a) Longitudinal screening US image shows a small amount of fluid (arrow) near the inferior liver (L) edge. Real-time images (not shown) also suggested abnormal bowel in the left midabdomen. (b) Contrast-enhanced transverse abdominal CT image confirms bowel injury with thickened jejunum (open arrow) and fluid in the mesentery (black solid arrows) and right paracolic gutter (white solid arrow).