Axial CT scan in the nephrographic phase through the upper abdomen in a patient who presented with severe blunt trauma to the left kidney. A faceless left kidney results from a shattered kidney as well as vascular compromise. Most of the kidney is non-functioning except for small remnants of perfusing renal parenchyma. The vein and artery are irregular and small suggesting associated injury. Perinephric hematoma is also present.
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