Blunt traumatic rupture of a mainstem bronchus: Spiral CT demonstration of the "fallen lung" sign

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 409-411

  Wintermark, M ^a   Schnyder, P ^a   Wicky, S ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bronchi; Thoracic injuries; Thorax; Wounds and injuries; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS INJURY; BRONCHUS RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG HILUS; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ADULT; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RUPTURE; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0034890909     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300000581     Document Type: Article

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