A pulmonary contusion or lung contusion is a bruise in or on your lungs caused by blunt force to the chest. It is different than the tearing of lung tissue because a pulmonary contusion doesn’t ...

A pulmonary contusion is the most common injury to the lung in people who experience blunt trauma to the chest. A bruised lung is also called a pulmonary contusion . Left unchecked, bruised lungs ...