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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...
Autores principales: | Louthan, Michael, Ng, Daniel |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
2021
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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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