Indeterminate CT Angiography in Blunt Thoracic Trauma: Is CT Angiography Enough?
Marla Sammer1,
Eric Wang1,
C. Craig Blackmore1,2,
Thomas R. Burdick1 and
William Hollingworth1,2
1 Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Box 357115, Seattle, WA
98195-7115. 2 Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, WA.
Fig. 2—49-year-old man evaluated after motor vehicle collision. CT
angiography image shows example of type I mediastinal hematoma
(arrow) with adjacent sternal fracture (arrowhead).
Fig. 5A —21-year-old female pedestrian struck by car. CT angiography images
show type IV mediastinal hematoma with hemorrhage around great vessels
(arrows, A) and around aorta (arrows, B).
Fig. 5B —21-year-old female pedestrian struck by car. CT angiography images
show type IV mediastinal hematoma with hemorrhage around great vessels
(arrows, A) and around aorta (arrows, B).