[Post-traumatic pulmonary hematomas and pneumatoceles].
The x-ray morphology of posttraumatic intrapulmonary haematomas and pneumatoceles is described on the basis of 12 cases in a total of 211 patients with blunt thoracic traumas. The article also reports on the course of these haematomas and pneumatoceles. The problem of the development of a barotrauma through PEEP ventilation is discussed, taking the clinical courses into consideration. A characteristic feature of all the discussed cases was the tendency to spontaneous regression as well as continuous decrease in size roentgenologically; this enabled safe differential diagnosis against other cystic pulmonary changes.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Posttraumatische pulmonale Hämatome und Pneumatozelen.