Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Page 545 , April 2009

A Confusing Set of Xrays

  • Nicholas Genes, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Jason Lupow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

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 For the diagnosis and teaching points, see page 573.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.08.031

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Page 545 , April 2009

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