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. 2018 May-Jun;35(3):263-264.
doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_81_17.

Lung contusion

Padmanabhan Arjun  1 , Akbar Abdul Najeeb  2 , Rahul Ramachandran  1
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Lung contusion

Padmanabhan Arjun et al. Lung India. 2018 May-Jun.

Abstract

Lung contusion usually follows blunt trauma to the chest. If not properly diagnosed and adequately treated, it could at times be fatal as well. This case is being presented to highlight the radiological findings of this condition.

Keywords: Contusion; lung; trauma.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Axial image of 64-slice computerized tomogram of the chest showing the presence of multiple nodular lesions with ill-defined margins and air bronchograms involving both lower lobes of lung. Pneumothorax and surgical emphysema on the right side and the intercostal drainage tube are also seen
Figure 2
Figure 2
Coronal image of computed tomography thorax showing the presence of multiple nodular lesions with ill-defined margins and air bronchograms involving the right lower lobe. Pneumothorax and surgical emphysema on the same side and the intercostal drainage tube are also seen
Figure 3
Figure 3
Three-dimensional volume rendering technology acquired in a 64-slice computerized tomogram of the thorax in which incidentally, an undisplaced fracture of the ninth right rib laterally is also seen
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