Eckert P, Frommhold H, Doehn M, Riesner K
Langenbecks Arch Chir. 1975;Suppl:357-9.
Partial contusion of the lung was performed on 131 albino rats. X-ray and histological findings are comparable with lung contusion in man. Three phases are remarkable. X-ray studies of the thorax do not show impressive changes in spite of histological findings of the lung. This means: X-ray picture of the posttraumatic lung is less eventful than the impressive anatomical histological findings.
