
Chest tube tracks.
Author(s) -
D M Panicek,
Patricia A. Randall,
Larry S. Witanowski,
B N Raasch,
E. Robert Heitzman
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
radiographics
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.866
H-Index - 172
eISSN - 1527-1323
pISSN - 0271-5333
DOI - 10.1148/radiographics.7.2.3448638
Subject(s) - medicine , tube (container) , chest tube , radiology , mechanical engineering , pneumothorax , engineering
Chest tube tracks may simulate normal structures or pathology. This article will help the radiologist to understand their formation and to recognize them as iatrogenic shadows.