Blunt abdominal injury may result from all of the following, EXCEPT:
a. direct compression of the abdomen against a fixed object
b. from deceleration forces, with tearing of organs and their blood vessels
c. hollow organ rupture due to increased intraluminal pressures
d. transection of a major artery due to a gunshot to the abdomen
D
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