| Stab Wound
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Etiology
•Trauma
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Pathogenesis
• Direct laceration of
the tissue. ,
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Epidemiology
•Common cause of morbidity and mortality in young adults
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General Gross Description
• Laceration of pulmonary parenchyma surrounded by acute
hemorrhage
• Hemothorax forms with bleeding causing collapse of the lung
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
• Disruption of the alveoli
• Hemorrhage into alveolar space
•Examples:
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Clinical Correlation
• Course dependent on size of vessel lacerated, other injuries, and the
speed at which help is obtained.
• Lung heals well if kept expanded.
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References
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| Stab Wound
| | Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T28000E90020)[125]
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