Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , January 2010

Unsuspected pulmonary embolism identified using multidetector computed tomography in hospital outpatients

  • C. Farrell
    • ,
  • M. Jones
    • ,
  • F. Girvin
    • ,
  • G. Ritchie
    • ,
  • J.T. Murchison

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    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: J. T. Murchison, Department of Radiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Rd, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK. Tel.: +44 131 242 3741; fax: +44 131 242 3742.

Received 1 March 2009 ,Revised 1 September 2009 ,Accepted 7 September 2009.

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    Proximal extent of thrombus.

    Proximal extent of thrombus.

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    Enhancement of the pulmonary arteries using the four and 16-section machines.

    Enhancement of the pulmonary arteries using the four and 16-section machines.

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    A 74-year-old man with an unsuspected right main pulmonary artery embolus.

    A 74-year-old man with an unsuspected right main pulmonary artery embolus.

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    A 66-year-old man with a subsegmental pulmonary embolus. This was not seen at the initial time of reporting. The clinical team were informed of the finding 1-week later.

    A 66-year-old man with a subsegmental pulmonary embolus. This was not seen at the initial time of reporting. The clinical team were informed of the finding 1-week later.

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    Segmental embolus in a patient known to have lung cancer.

    Segmental embolus in a patient known to have lung cancer.

PII: S0009-9260(09)00325-0

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.09.003

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , January 2010

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