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Case of the Week 564 
What is the most likely diagnosis?
- 71 year-old with cough
Axial CT image of Chest
- Sequestration
- Staphylococcal Pneumatocele
- TB Abscess
- Bronchogenic Carcinoma
- Pulmonary Laceration
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Answer:
5. Pulmonary Laceration
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Pulmonary Laceration
General Considerations
- Most thoracic trauma is due to motor vehicle accidents
- Most thoracic trauma is blunt, rather than penetrating
- Lacerations usually result from blunt chest trauma
- They represent tears in the lung parenchyma
- Lacerations filled with air are called pneumatoceles, and those filled with blood are called pulmonary hematomas
- They tend to occur more often in children and young adults
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