LUNGS AND PLEURA BRUISES DUE TO THORAX TRAUMAS: SPECIAL INVESTIGATION ABOUT INTRAPULMONAR BLEEDINGS

Yavuz MS, Yavuz MF, Kolusayin O, Altinkok M,

Birincioglu I, Agir G, Gunay Y.

1st National Congresss of Forensic Medicine, Council of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul-1994, Book of Congress, pp:159-63.

ABSTRACT

In this study, 732 hemothorax, 496 pneumothorax, 766 hemopneumothorax, 45 lung hametoma (traumatic pneumonia) 76 subdermal emphysema and total 2115 cases were defined during evaluation of 4025 thoracic trauma cases defined legal folders which sent to Council of Forensic Medicine for medico-legal evaluation during 3 years periods between 1991 and 1993.

The origins were defined that 564 stabbing and 116 firearm injuring and 52 blunt trauma for hemothorax cases, 396 stabbing, 26 firearm injuring and 74 blunt trauma for pneumothorax cases, 611 stabbing and 70 firearm injuring and 85 blunt trauma for hemopneumothorax cases, 23 stabbing and 16 firearm injuring and 6 blunt trauma for lung hametoma (traumatic pneumonia) cases, 56 stabbing and 2 firearm injuring and 18 blunt trauma for sub dermal emphysema cases.

Additionally, general subjects about bleeding in lung and the defined data were examined in this study.

Keywords: thoracic trauma, hemothorax, pneumothorax, traumatic pneumonia, subdermal emphysema.