58 19-year-old motorcyclist presented with respiratory failure after a collision with a stationary truck

Feb 19, 2017 by in GENERAL RADIOLOGY Comments Off on 58 19-year-old motorcyclist presented with respiratory failure after a collision with a stationary truck

Diagnosis: Traumatic laceration of the right mainstem bronchus with pneumothorax and “fallen” lung A portable chest radiograph shows extensive subcutaneous emphysema, the “visceral pleural line” sign of a right pneumothorax…

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