Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially fatal condition that occurs as a result of intraluminal obstruction of the main pulmonary artery or its branches.
The chest X ray in pulmonary embolism: Westermark sign, Hampton's Hump and Palla's sign. What's the difference? Pulmonary embolismPalla''s signHamptom''s HumpWestermark signPulmonary embolism (PE), with the incidence of about 60 per 100 000 annually, can be a life- threatening disease if...
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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 ...
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