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You are assisting an emergency department physician while she is examining a
patient. The patient has sustained a knife wound to the upper left quadrant.
What organs are likely to have been injured from this wound?
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I'll give you a hint on this: the upper left quadrant refers to the upper left quadrant of the abdominopelvic cavity. Part of the stomach and the spleen are located in that quadrant.

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