Table 1.
Etiology | Chest trauma |
Incidence | Insufficient information/unknown |
Gender ratio | Commonly associated with acquired etiologies. |
Age predilection | Commonly associated with acquired etiologies. |
Treatment | Pulmonary resection, angiographic embolization or conservative treatment with close clinical and radiological monitoring |
Prognosis (of PAP) | Endovascular treatments carry similar risks to other endovascular embolization procedures throughout the body. |
Imaging findings | Early arterial contrast enhancement without venous pooling in the late phase. Contrast filled pouching with persistent communication to the damaged artery. |