Figure 3a. Images in 22-year-old woman in the first trimester of pregnancy who had sustained blunt abdominal trauma and subsequent splenic laceration in a motor vehicle collision. After US was performed, the patient was taken immediately to the operating room for laparotomy. (a) Longitudinal US image of left upper quadrant reveals perisplenic free fluid (arrow) and abnormal-appearing splenic parenchyma (S). (b) Longitudinal US image of pelvis shows free fluid (FF) superior to the bladder (BL) and gravid uterus (U).