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Multiple persistent circumscribed pulmonary hematomas due to a blunt chest trauma
1Department of Surgery, Buskerud Central Hospital, Drammen, Norway.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|November 28, 2001
Abstract:
A case of multiple sharply circumscribed pulmonary hematomas ("coin" lesions) following blunt, non-penetrating thoracic trauma, is reported. The finding mimicked cancerous "cannon ball" metastatic deposits. A computed tomographic scan combined with puncture biopsy provided the correct diagnosis. Spontaneous complete resolution of the hematomas took 3 years.