In principle, any mechanism with kinetic energy to the thoracic cage may cause blunt cardiac trauma Typical examples: Motor-vehicle accident (>20 mph) with compression by the steering wheel Deceleration trauma…

(3) Department of Radiology, Ege University Hospital, Izmir, Turkey   1.1 Introduction Pleural diseases are common and represent a significant contribution to the workload of emergency department. Patients with pleural…

Hypertension Genetic disorders such as Marfan and Turner syndrome, coarctation of the aorta Inflammatory vasculitis, e.g. Behcet’s disease, Takayasu arteritis Infective arteritis Iatrogenic factors (cardiac valve or aortic surgery) Pregnancy…

Fig. 1 (a) CXR: pneumothorax is located only in the anteromedial and subpulmonary site. The radiant beam does not tangentially detect any visceral pleural border, and the sign of the…

A 62-year-old man who was struck by a car: Computed tomography (CT) images demonstrate the absence of the interposition of lungs between the upper abdominal contents and the chest wall…

Fig. 1 (a) CXR: pulmonary contusions may appear as single or multifocal “ground-glass” area. The ground-glass pattern is indicative of an interstitial damage with partial alveolar filling. (b) Axial CT…

Fig. 1 Penetrating tracheal injury secondary to intubation. Supine chest radiograph shows overdistention of the endotracheal cuff (dashed line). Furthermore, left pneumomediastinum (arrows), right heart contour outline (arrowheads), and bilateral…

Fig. 1 Thoracic esophageal injury. Water-soluble contrast medium esophagography: leakage of orally administered contrast material (arrow) In patients with penetrating transmediastinal injury, the most common chest radiographic findings of esophageal…

Fig. 1 Early triage of ED patients presenting with chest pain (Adapted from Rybicki et al. 2016) Based on this initial evaluation, the ED physician has to risk-stratify the majority…