Hemithorax Westermark Sign Secondary to Complete Pulmonary Artery Occlusion from Pulmonary Embolus

CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a complete right hemithorax Westermark sign found in a patient with a near-complete, right pulmonary artery trunk occlusion secondary to a pulmonary embolus. DISCUSSION: We review the sensitivity and specificity of a Westermark sign in the identification of a pulmonary...

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Autores principales: Louthan, Michael, Ng, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021
Materias:
Images in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8143826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34437022
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2021.2.51043

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8143826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34437022
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2021.2.51043

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