Trauma is the leading cause of death in young people. Radiologic evaluation of chest injuries in patients begins usually with a simple chest X-ray at the admission time. Unfortunately, chest X-ray has limited sensitivity in detecting thoracic injuries. Many thoracic injuries such as contusions, diaphragmatic injuries, pneumothorax and hemothorax are missed on chest X-ray. Computerized Tomograph...

We report a case of artefactual C2 fracture caused by a superimposed incisor tooth in a seven-year-old boy. CT refuted the diagnosis. Trauma clinicians should be aware of this entity to guide correct interpretation of trauma X-rays.

Diameter of IVC on CT axial section is a important predictor of hypotension in blunt abdominal trauma. CT scan of abdomen is usually requested whenever there is hemoperitoneum/ free fluid noted on FAST USG imaging in emergency department. The diameter of IVC was measured at infrarenal part. In our review of 25 cases of MDCT abdomen in blunt abdominal trauma, 40% of the cases had FIVC and there ...

BACKGROUND Guidelines are in place directing the clearance of the cervical spine in patients who are awake, alert, and oriented, but a gold standard has not been recognized for patients who are obtunded. Our study is designed to determine if magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detects clinically significant injuries not seen on computed tomographic (CT) scans. METHODS The trauma registry was use...

We present the case of a 19-year-old boy with a history of breathlessness and blunt chest trauma one year ago. Figure 1 show CT scan of patient. Figure 2: show bronchoscopic of patient. Figure 3 and 4 show intra operative view and Fig 5 show CXR of patient after surgery

Background: Brain trauma (BT) is the most common cause of death among children worldwide. In traumatic patient, the skull is the most common involved part. The importance of computed tomography (CT) scan in diagnosis of BT is well established. CT scan is actually a common option for evaluation of patients with cranial trauma. Considering the importance of CT scan in the diagnosis of brain lesio...

UNLABELLED Although head CT is often routinely performed in emergency department (ED) patients with syncope, few studies have assessed its value. OBJECTIVES To determine the yield of routine head CT in ED patients with syncope and analyse the factors associated with a positive CT. METHODS Prospective, observational, cohort study of consecutive patients presenting with syncope to an urban te...

BACKGROUND Computed Tomography (CT) has become a widely used supplement to medico legal autopsies at several forensic institutes. Amongst other things, it has proven to be very valuable in visualising fractures of the cranium. Also CT scan data are being used to create head models for biomechanical trauma analysis by Finite Element Analysis. If CT scan data are to be used for creating individua...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of iterative reconstruction (IR) on reconstruction time and speed in two commonly encountered acquisition protocols in an emergency setting: pulmonary CT angiography (CTA) and total body trauma CT. METHODS Twenty-five patients underwent a pulmonary CTA for evaluation of pulmonary embolisms and 15 patients underwent a total body CT after a traumatic event on ...