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  • Radiopaedia case ID: 73454
  • Image ID: 51918819
  • Image stack position: 17/100
  • Plane projection: Axial
  • Aux modality: lung window
  • Study findings: Partially confluent ground glass changes and centrilobular nodules predominantly involving the left lung presumed mostly secondary to contusional injury. Pneumopericardium with sleeve of dependent high density fluid in the lower left aspect of the sac (coronal reformats). Pneumomediastinum tracking up to the anterior jugular veins. Small bilateral pneumothoraces are present. Shallow left hemothorax. Prominence of the prevertebral and periaortic planes, without evidence of aortic rupture. Multilevel traumatic disruption of posterior ribs and vertebral transverse processes on the left side.
  • Modality: CT
  • System: Cardiac
  • Findings: Tiny right apical pneumothorax. Haziness over mid and lower zones of the left lung. Subtle lucency over left heart border. Some left-sided posterior rib fractures are visible. Asymmetric soft tissue density over the left clavicular region.
Date Published: 14th Jan 2020
Source https://radiopaedia.org/cases/blunt-thoracic-trauma
Author Umberto Pisano
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