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Acute pulmonary embolism leading to cavitation and large pulmonary abscess: A rare complication of pulmonary infarction
Pulmonary infarction is an infrequent complication of pulmonary embolism due to the dual blood supply of the lung. Autopsy studies have reported cavitation to occur in only 4–5% of all pulmonary infarctions with an even smaller proportion of these cases becoming secondarily infected. Patients with i...
Autores principales: | Koroscil, Matthew T., Hauser, Timothy R. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5199190/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28066704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.12.001 |
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