Fallen lung sign: radiographic findings
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Chest Imaging - Case Report 2016
P: 120-121
September 2008

Fallen lung sign: radiographic findings

Diagn Interv Radiol 2008;14(3):120-121
1. Departments of Radiology, Ege University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
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Received Date: 01.09.2005
Accepted Date: 06.05.2007
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ABSTRACT

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 bronchus. On chest radiograph, the diagnosis of bronchial tear is usually suspected with the persistence of a pneumothorax after chest tube insertion. An 8-year-old male patient had radiographic findings of persistence of right pneumothorax which was due to complete rupture of the right main bronchus, resulting in fallen lung.