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Thoracic manifestations of inhalational injury caused by the Whakaari/White Island eruption

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Thoracic imaging of people who have survived exposure to a volcanic pyroclastic flow has not been described. In December 2019, an active volcano in New Zealand erupted with loss of… Click to show full abstract

Thoracic imaging of people who have survived exposure to a volcanic pyroclastic flow has not been described. In December 2019, an active volcano in New Zealand erupted with loss of life and severe burns to groups of people who were within one kilometre of a new fissure. Our aim was to describe the range of pulmonary abnormality in patients admitted to the Burns unit at Middlemore Hospital.

Keywords: injury caused; inhalational injury; whakaari white; caused whakaari; manifestations inhalational; thoracic manifestations

Journal Title: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology
Year Published: 2021

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