Computed tomography of pulmonary thromboembolism and infarction. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1988;12(4):553-9
Date
07/01/1988Pubmed ID
3392253DOI
10.1097/00004728-198807000-00002Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0023749439 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 63 CitationsAbstract
Computed tomographic findings in 18 patients with pulmonary thromboembolism are retrospectively reviewed. In the majority of patients, thromboembolism was not suspected clinically. The CT findings can be divided into two groups: vascular and parenchymal changes. The most frequent vascular findings is an intraluminal filling defect or defects due to thrombus. The most frequent parenchymal finding is a triangular (wedge-shaped) pleural-based soft tissue attenuation lesion. Although CT is not a primary diagnostic tool in the evaluation of pulmonary thromboembolism, CT may be helpful in diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, when evaluating an undiagnosed parenchymal density.
Author List
Chintapalli K, Thorsen MK, Olson DL, Goodman LR, Gurney JMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultAged
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia
Pulmonary Embolism
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
