Types of chest injuries according to their location

Chest wall lesions:

• Contusions or bruises

• Rib fractures

• Flail chest

• Esternal and scapula fractures

• Clavicle fractures

Lung lesions or those affecting the pleural space:

• Lung contusion

• Lung laceration

• Neumothorax

• Hemothorax

• Hemoneumothorax

Airway lesions

• Tracheo-bronchial tree injuries

Heart lesions

• Cardiac tamponade

• Myocardial contusion

Great vessels lesions

• Aortic rupture

• Thoracic portion of the aorta lesion

Esophageal lesions

Diaphragm lesions