Pulmonary Hemorrhage Resulting From Bungee JumpingManos, Daria MD; Hamer, Okka MD; Müller, Nestor L. MD, PhDJournal of Thoracic Imaging: November 2007 - Volume 22 - Issue 4 - p 358-359 doi: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31813fab8b Case Reports—Pulmonary Buy Abstract Author InformationAuthors Article MetricsMetrics Pulmonary hemorrhage is a relatively common complication of blunt chest trauma. Occasionally, it may result from pulmonary barotrauma after scuba diving or from sports activities not associated with barotrauma such as long breath-hold diving. We report a case of symmetric diffuse upper lobe hemorrhage resulting from a bungee jump in a previously healthy man. Bungee jumping is an increasingly popular sport with relatively few reported injuries. To our knowledge pulmonary hemorrhage in this setting has not yet been described. Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Reprints: Daria Manos, MD, Section of Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Jim Pattison Pavilion South, 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 1M9 (e-mail: daria.manos@vgh.ca). © 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
