Air around the pulmonary vein: an unusual finding in a patient with blunt thoracic trauma.

作者信息

Caruso Settimo, Maruzzelli Luigi, Miraglia Roberto, Milazzo Mariapina, Luca Angelo, Gridelli Bruno

机构信息

Department of Radiology, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy.

出版信息

Emerg Radiol. 2010 Jan;17(1):63-4. doi: 10.1007/s10140-008-0787-1. Epub 2009 Jan 9.

DOI:10.1007/s10140-008-0787-1

PMID:19132423

Abstract

Traumatic thoracic injuries and related complications have a mortality of 15.5-25%. We present a case of a 30-year-old with blunt thoracic trauma, massive edema of the lung, and laceration of the middle lobe, associated with air around the pulmonary vein, evaluated with multidetector computed tomography. To the best of our knowledge, air around the pulmonary vein has not been previously described in the literature.

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