Curriculum and Recommendations for Study
Chest: Steven L. Primack, MD
Case Illustration Editor: Clint Sliker, MD

Chest trauma Rib fractures Sternal and manubrial fractures Hemothorax Pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum Mediastinal hemorrhage Pulmonary contusion, laceration, hematoma Tracheobronchial injury Esophageal tear Diaphragm injury

Pulmonary embolism Acute pulmonary infections Pneumonia Pneumonia, Round Pneumonia, Interstitial Pneumonia, Bronchopneumonia Pneumonia, Lobar Aspiration Pneumonitis Airway foreign bodies Obstructive airway disease ARDS: near-drowning, fat embolism syndrome Esophageal rupture

Suggested Readings:

Penetrating and Nonpenetrating Chest Trauma. (In) Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest, Fourth Edition. Fraser RS, Müller NL, Colman N, Paré PD; W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia; 1999, pp 2611-2657.

Chest. (In) The Radiology of Emergency Medicine, Fourth Edition. Harris, JH, Harris, WH; Lippincott, Williams & Wilkens, Philadelphia; 2000, pp 437-581

Chest Trauma. (In) Imaging of Diseases of the Chest, Second Edition. Armstrong P, Wilson AG, Dee P, Hanell DM; Mosby, St. Louis; 1995, pp 869-893.

Thrombosis and Thromboembolism. (In) Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest, Fourth Edition. Fraser RS, Müller NL, Colman N, Paré PD; W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia; 1999, pp 1773-1843.

Shanmuganathan K, Mirvis S. Imaging diagnosis of nonaortic thoracic injury. The Radiologic Clinics of North America 1999; 37:533-551.

Imaging of Thoracic Trauma. Primack SL, guest editor. Journal of Thoracic Imaging, April 2000. (symposium issue)

Kuhlman JE, Pozniak MA, Collins J, Knisely BL. Radiographic and CT findings of blunt chest trauma: Aortic injuries and looking beyond them. RadioGrapics 1998; 18:1085-1106.

Van Hise ML, Primack SL, Israel RS, Müller NL. CT in blunt chest trauma: indications and limitations. RadioGraphics 1998; 18:1071-1084.

Shackleton KL, Stewart ET, Taylor AJ. Traumatic diaphragmatic injuries: spectrum of radiographic findings. RadioGraphics 1998; 18:49-59.

Karabulut N, Goldman LR. The role of helical CT in the diagnostic work-up for pulmonary embolism. Emergency Radiology 1999; 6:10-16.

Goodman LR. Lipchik RJ, Kuzo RS. Acute pulmonary embolism: the role of computed tomographic imaging. J Thorac Imaging 1997; 12:83-86.

Greaves SM, Hart EM, Aberle DR. CT of pulmonary thromboembolism. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 1997; 18:323-337.