CASE HISTORY / CLINIC:
55-year-old patient
with sudden dyspnea. Known history of venous thrombosis of the lower limb.


FINDINGS:
No pathological changes in the right lung whereas the left lung appears hyperlucent.
Unlike in the right lung hilus no comparable structure is evident on the left (Severed hilus with peripheral oligemia - Westermark's sign).



DIAGNOSIS:
Pulmonary embolism of the main branch of the left pulmonary artery.



Web resources:

1) Angiologie online
2) AHC-Consilium
3) AWMF
4) Jend
5) Harvard
6) Pneumologie.com

7) Chorus
8) Medicine worldwide
9) Learning radiology

 




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