Radiology corner. Answer to last month's radiology case (#26) and image: Lung laceration with loculated blood, active bleeding, contusion and hemothorax.
The following case demonstrates the importance of emergent imaging in victims of gunshot wound to the chest. The AP chest in our case highlights findings that correlate well with support of follow up CT Angiogram of the chest. This case also exemplifies description of complex planes now available with modern CT imaging capabilities described here as para-axial, para-coronal and para-sagittal reconstructions.
Backus
Christopher
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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Folio
Les
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