Traumatic bronchial rupture.
Traumatic injury to the tracheobronchial tree requires prompt, accurate diagnosis for optimum surgical treatment. The radiologist is in a pivotal position either to suggest this diagnosis or to initiate further investigation to establish it. Three cases of traumatic bronchial rupture illustrate the spectrum of radiologic findings and document the value of tomography in confirming this diagnosis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries*; D001995:Bronchography / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012421:Rupture; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*