Penetrating Thoracic Injury

Anthony M. Durso; Kim Caban; Felipe Munera

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2015.02.010

Penetrating Thoracic Injury

Anthony M. Durso, Kim Caban, Felipe Munera

Radiology

10 Scopus citations

Abstract

This article discusses the role of radiology in evaluating patients with penetrating injuries to the chest. Penetrating injuries to the chest encompass ballistic and nonballistic injuries and can involve superficial soft tissues of the chest wall, lungs and pleura, diaphragm, and mediastinum. The mechanism of injury in ballistic and nonballistic trauma and the impact the injury trajectory has on imaging evaluation of penetrating injuries to the chest are discussed. The article presents the broad spectrum of imaging findings a radiologist encounters with penetrating injuries to the chest, with emphasis on injuries to the lungs and pleura, diaphragm, and mediastinum.

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Keywords

Diaphragmatic injuries
Gunshot wounds
Lung injuries
Multidetector CT
Penetrating chest trauma
Pneumothorax
Transmediastinal injuries

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine(all)

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Durso, A. M., Caban, K., & Munera, F. (2015). Penetrating Thoracic Injury. Radiologic Clinics of North America, 53(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcl.2015.02.010

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