Emergency CT Scan of the thorax
History a 73 year old male preserted with hemoplysis after motor vehicle accident.
Technique plan and enhanced sorial CT scan of the thorax with 3 mm slice thickness.
Findings the study sevesis fractures off the left 8 th and 8 th posterior ribs. There is severe contusion with parenchymal hemorrhage and hemothorax or the left lung. More prominent posterior inferior portion. Minimal contusion in the RUL is seen.
The cardiac and grate vessels unremarkable. The ET tube is noted in the trachea.
The visualized thyroid gland and upper abdomen are unremarkable.
Impression : Fractures left 8th and 8th posterior ribs with severe contusion. Pulmonary hemorrhage hemothorax left lung.
Minimal contusion right lung.
Chronic pulmonary emphysema.