Fallen lung sign | Radiology Reference Article - Radiopaedia.org
Nov 15, 2017 · The fallen lung sign (also known as CT fallen lung sign) describes the appearance of collapsed lung away from the mediastinum encountered with tracheobronchial injury (in …
The Fallen Lung Sign - The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Jun 26, 2020 · A computed tomography scan showed a left main bronchus transection (Figures 1, 2) with the proximal stump occluded by mediastinal tissue and a collapsed lung lying on the …
Fallen lung sign in a traumatic partial bronchial tear: A case report
The fallen lung sign describes the lung collapse at the dependent region away from the hilum. It is usually a specific sign for complete bronchial tear. We present a case of a young patient post …
The Dropped Lung - PSNet
This radiographic sign suggests airway obstruction with whole-lung atelectasis, rather than pleural fluid, as the cause of the opaque hemithorax. Thus, thoracentesis was not indicated and was …
Fallen lung sign: radiographic findings - PubMed
The term "fallen lung sign" refers to the collapsed lung in a dependent position, hanging on the hilum only by its vascular attachments. This is usually the result of the complete rupture of a …
The CT fallen-lung sign - PubMed
The fallen-lung sign consists in the fall of the collapsed lung away from the mediastinum occurring when the normal central bronchial anchoring attachment of the lung is disrupted. In contrast to …
The Fallen Lung Sign Giulio Melloni, MD, and Federico Mazza, MD Department of Thoracic Surgery, Santa Croce e Carle General Hospital, Cuneo, Italy A38-year-old man was admitted …
The CT fallen-lung sign | European Radiology - Springer
The fallen-lung sign consists in the fall of the collapsed lung away from the mediastinum occurring when the normal central bronchial anchoring attachment of the lung is disrupted. In contrast to …
Fallen lung sign: Radiographic findings - ResearchGate
Oct 1, 2008 · The fallen-lung sign consists in the fall of the collapsed lung away from the mediastinum occurring when the normal central bronchial anchoring attachment of the lung is …
Fallen Lung Sign - Medical Dictionary
The drooping of the lung on a chest film or CT to the dependent part of chest, due to a fracture of the bronchus