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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005;28:165
© 2005 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Post-traumatic intrapulmonary rupture of the pulmonary artery

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Scientific Institute H. San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
^b Department of Radiology, Scientific Institute H. San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Received 8 November 2004; received in revised form 30 March 2005; accepted 31 March 2005.

^* Corresponding author. Address: U.O. Chirurgia Toracica, Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milano, Italy. Tel.: +39 02 2643 7139; fax: +39 02 2643 7147. (Email: giulio.melloni@hsr.it).

Key Words: Chest trauma • Pulmonary vascular injury • Pulmonary artery

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A 64-year-old woman was admitted for chest trauma with unstable hemodynamics. CT scan revealed an extravasation of the contrast medium into a large intrapulmonary blood collection. Because . . . [Full Text of this Article]