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01-01-2010 | Case Report

Air around the pulmonary vein: an unusual finding in a patient with blunt thoracic trauma

Authors: Settimo Caruso, Luigi Maruzzelli, Roberto Miraglia, Mariapina Milazzo, Angelo Luca, Bruno Gridelli

Published in: Emergency Radiology | Issue 1/2010

Abstract

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.

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Title: Air around the pulmonary vein: an unusual finding in a patient with blunt thoracic trauma
Authors: Settimo Caruso
Luigi Maruzzelli
Roberto Miraglia
Mariapina Milazzo
Angelo Luca
Bruno Gridelli
Publication date: 01-01-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Emergency Radiology / Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 1070-3004
Electronic ISSN: 1438-1435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-008-0787-1

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