We suggest that physicians to be aware of and utilize CXR findings such as Palla's sign, Westermark sign and Hamptons hump to help with the diagnosis of PE and to exclude other conditions that can mimic venous thrombo-embolism. Even if these signs are not common, their presence, even in ...
Hump and Melting Sign (Melting Ice Cubes), Parachute Sign Hampton's hump and melting sign (melting ice cubes), parachute sign Hampton and Castleman in 1940 described a wedge-shaped shadow on radiographs in the basal regions of the lung as an area of infarction in pulmonary embolism [1]....
A chest radiograph (panel A) showed a wedge-shaped peripheral opacity (Hampton's hump [1], long arrow) as well as a prominent right descending pulmonary artery with a sharp cutoff (Palla's sign [2], short arrow). Subsequently, a CT angiogram (panel B) demonstrated massive pulmonary ...
Pulmonary EmbolismFemaleSorry, there is nodoi:10.1159/000317135Taylor BTPezzo SPRumbak MRespirationRespiration; international review of thoracic diseasesTaylor BT, Pezzo SP, Rumbak M. Palla's sign and Hampton's hump in pulmonary embolism. Respiration. 2010;80:568....
Pallau2019s Sign and Hamptonu2019s Hump in Pulmonary EmbolismHumansAngiographyTomography, X-Ray ComputedAbortion, InducedAdultPulmonary EmbolismFemaleSorry, there is nodoi:10.1159/000317135Taylor, Brice T.Pezzo, Stephanie P.Rumbak, MarkS. Karger AGRespiration...
left side of chest and Westermark sign in the same X-ray film. Hampton's hump is peripheral wedge-shaped opacity abutting the pleura, signifying pulmonary infarct distal to pulmonary embolism.[1] Hampton's hump present on the right side of chest was suggestive of pulmonary infarct [Figure 1...