Journal of Trauma & Treatment

Tension Hemothorax following Blunt Abdominal Aortic Injury: CT Imaging

Abstract

Seiji Morita, Hiromichi Aoki, Haruna Hirakawa, Tomoatsu Tsuji, Takeshi Yamagiwa and Sadaki Inokuchi

Blunt abdominal aortic injury is an extremely rare and fatal condition. Hemothorax with bleeding from an extrathoracic organ is also an extremely rare condition. Studies have reported abdominal aortic aneurysm and renal trauma but not hemothorax following blunt abdominal aortic injury.