Air around the pulmonary vein: an unusual finding in a patient with blunt thoracic trauma.
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.
Caruso
Settimo
S
Department of Radiology, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy. secaruso@ismett.edu
Maruzzelli
Luigi
L
Miraglia
Roberto
R
Milazzo
Mariapina
M
Luca
Angelo
A
Gridelli
Bruno
B
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D000388:Air; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*