The hyperdense lumen sign: the tale of the elusive pulmonary embolism

There are more well-recognised indirect signs of acute PE, which are neither sensitive nor specific, including pulmonary arterial dilation, pleural effusion, regional oligaemia, subpleural pulmonary consolidations and/or airspace opacities. 1 In our case, the patient had a dilated main pulmonary art...

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Hauptverfasser:	Okechukwu, Nancy, Curran-Melendez, Sheilah M, Weyer, Allison, Mickus, Timothy J
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