Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 156-157, August 2009

Computed Tomography Changing Over Time in Type 1 Pulmonary Laceration

  • Umberto Caterino, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Umberto Caterino, MD, Unit of Pulmonology, Apicella Hospital, ASL NA 4, City Hospital, Via Massa No. 1 Pollena Trocchia, Naples, Italy; 81-5314308, fax 81-5314308

Unit of Pulmonology, Apicella Hospital, Naples, Italy

Received 30 September 2008; accepted 6 October 2008. published online 11 November 2008.

Pulmonary laceration has been accepted as a rare event of primary lung injury in blunt chest trauma. Four types of pulmonary laceration have been classified according to computed tomographic (CT) pattern, lung location, and injury mechanism. Type 1 pulmonary laceration represents the most common injury as a result of blunt chest trauma in young patients. I report the role of chest CT scan and conservative management for a young man diagnosed with type 1 pulmonary laceration after a fall from scaffolding.

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 Supervising editor: Kathy J. Rinnert, MD, MPH

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The author has stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online November 7, 2008.

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PII: S0196-0644(08)01892-1

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.10.010

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 156-157, August 2009

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