Diagnostic Radiology/Chest Imaging/Chest Trauma


 * 1) Identify a widened mediastinum on a trauma radiograph and state the differential diagnosis (including aortic/arterial injury, venous injury, fracture of sternum or spine)
 * 2) Identify the indirect and direct signs of aortic injury on contrast-enhanced chest CT scan
 * 3) Identify and state the significance of chronic traumatic pseudoaneurysm on a chest radiograph, CT or MRI
 * 4) Identify fractured ribs, clavicle, spine and scapula on a chest radiograph or chest CT
 * 5) Name five common causes of abnormal lung opacity on a trauma radiograph or CT
 * 6) Identify an abnormally positioned diaphragm or loss of definition of a diaphragm on a trauma chest radiograph and suggest the diagnosis of a ruptured diaphragm
 * 7) Identify a pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum on a trauma chest radiograph
 * 8) Identify the fallen lung sign on a radiograph or chest CT scan and suggest the diagnosis of tracheobronchial tear
 * 9) Identify a cavitary lesion on a post-trauma radiograph or chest CT and suggest the diagnosis of laceration with pneumatocele formation, hematoma or abscess secondary to aspiration
 * 10) Name the three most common causes of pneumomediastinum in the setting of trauma
 * 11) Recognize and distinguish between pulmonary contusion, laceration and aspiration