Participation
A 48-year-old man was admitted to the trauma room after a high-energy accident with his motorbike. At clinical evaluation this patient had no respiratory, circulatory or neurological abnormalities. However, there was clinical evidence of fractures of the left lower leg.
Participation
Widened but not abnormal mediastinum (mediastinal width at the level of the aortic knob > 9 cm). No signs of traumatic injuries.
Requirements
MDCT did not show any traumatic abnormality as illustrated here in coronal reformatted reconstructions of (a) the mediastinal and (b) pulmonary setting.
Extraexaminations
No EXTRA EXAMINATIONS for this particular case.
Requirements
High-energy trauma patient without any traumatic abnormality of the chest who was admitted for 1 day because of minor head injury
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