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Abstract
Among our study, 15 cases had hemoptysis secondary to chest
trauma (Table 20) of them, 11 patients had penetrating chest trauma (stab
wound), developed Pneumothorax and managed by intercostal tube
drainage, 4 patients had hemoptysis secondary to blunt trauma ,developed
hemothorax, managed by intercostal tube drainage, but this was not enough and all of them (blunt to developed some sort of pleural fibrosis and managed by decortication to preserve lung function.
This is In agreement with (Kaye, 1990) who said that haemoptysis follows a
variety of chest injuries:
contusions of a lung by severe blunt trauma to the chest from the steering wheel during an automobile collision
sometimes lacerates or fractures the tracheo-bronchial tree and stab
wounds often tear the lungs or airways.