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CT diagnosis of traumatic bronchial rupture in children

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Bronchial rupture is a rare and serious complication of blunt chest trauma in children. The diagnosis of this injury is challenging and requires a high degree of clinical suspicion. It is frequently associated with other severe injuries that may draw the focus of attention away from this potentially catastrophic but treatable injury. The radiographic findings of bronchial rupture have been reported in very few series. We report the findings in two children with bronchial rupture diagnosed by CT, in whom CT resulted in a significant change in patient management.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Rambam Medical Center, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, , , , ,

    Monica Epelman, Amos Ofer & Ludmila Guralnik

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Rambam Medical Center, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, , , , ,

    Yoram Klein

  3. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, , , , ,

    Leal H. Best

  4. Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Rambam Medical Center, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, , , , ,

    Lea Bentur

  5. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8, , , , ,

    Jeffrey Traubici

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Epelman, M., Ofer, A., Klein, Y. et al. CT diagnosis of traumatic bronchial rupture in children. Ped Radiol 32, 888–891 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-002-0738-z

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