Pure ballistic sonic pressure wave lung injury on computed tomography (CT) and plain radiograph

Sonic pressure wave should be taken into consideration in all ballistic injury. We review a young gentleman with ballistic injury of his lateral chest wall. The bullet trajectory passed through the lateral chest wall. Chest radiograph shows a wedge-shaped consolidation adjacent to the wound with blu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hanapiah, Fadhila Mohd, Jamali, Ahmad Aizuddin Mohamad, Aziz, Mohd Ezane, Mohktar, Mohd Syazwan, Ismail, Zul Khairul Azwadi, Husin, Mohd Hafizuddin, Yusoff, Bazli Md
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10241646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37287721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.04.058
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Sumario:Sonic pressure wave should be taken into consideration in all ballistic injury. We review a young gentleman with ballistic injury of his lateral chest wall. The bullet trajectory passed through the lateral chest wall. Chest radiograph shows a wedge-shaped consolidation adjacent to the wound with blunted right costophrenic angle. Subsequent CT scan confirms the consolidation adjacent to the bullet trajectory. This case report emphasizes on value of CT in ballistic chest trauma and indirect injury caused by the sonic pressure wave of the bullet.

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