Multidetector Computer Tomography: Evaluation of Blunt Chest Trauma in Adults
Figure 13
Rib fractures in 2 polytraumatized patients. Coronal MDCT in bone window (a) in a case of “flail chest” with four displaced rib fractures (straight arrows) in three consecutive right costal arches and in one left costal arc. Note the associated pulmonary contusions. Another patient (b) presenting with multiple left rib fractures (arrows), shown with oblique sagittal volume-rendering reconstruction.
