Computed Tomography Changing Over Time in Type 1 Pulmonary Laceration
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.
Unit of Pulmonology, Apicella Hospital, Naples, Italy
Address 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
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Publication date: Available online November 7, 2008.
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