CT - CT Chest - 3 days after injury
Right 3rd to 6th rib, right 7th transverse process and right 8th to 9th rib fractures posteriorly about the costotransverse joints. The right 4th to 8th ribs are also fractured laterally. This produces a significant flail segment despite a relatively innocuous looking initial chest x-ray. Comminuted right clavicular shaft fracture. Right basal intercostal catheter insitu with residual small to moderate volume right haemothorax, right lower lobe collapse / consolidation likely due to pulmonary haemorrhage and patchy lung contusion elsewhere. Trace left pleural fluid.