File:Chest crush injury (Radiopaedia 31620-32513 Axial bone window 11).jpg

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  • Radiopaedia case ID: 31620
  • Image ID: 8718805
  • Image stack position: 11/52
  • Plane projection: Axial
  • Aux modality: bone window
  • Study description: Chest CT
  • Study findings: Multiple displaced bilateral rib fractures. Many ribs are fractured in two places (flail segment). Bilateral small residual anterobasal pneumothoraces. Bilateral lower lobe collapse / consildation, left greater than right. Chest wall subcutaneous emphysema. Trace right hemothorax.
  • Modality: CT
  • System: Chest
  • Findings: Chest x-ray #1 - Many bilateral displaced rib fractures, bilateral pneumothoraces, bilateral chest wall subcutaneous emphysema. Left lower lobe collapse / consolidation with air brochograms projected behind the heart. Attempted left pneumocath. ETT and NGT appropriately positioned. Chest x-ray #2 - Bilateral intercostal catheters have been inserted. The left catheter is kinked at the level of the side hole and required repositioning to allow drainage. Chest x-ray #3 - The left ICC has been repositioned and is no longer kinked.
Date Published: 18th Oct 2014
Source https://radiopaedia.org/cases/chest-crush-injury
Author Andrew Dixon
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