Pulmonary embolism with Hampton hump
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Findings
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Poor inspiratory radiograph.
Left pleural based basal opacification may represent atelectasis but could also represent a lung infarction in pulmonary embolism. Further CT scan assessment is required.
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Findings
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Wedge-shape pleural-based lesion involving the left lower lobe representing infarcted lung secondary pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary embolism was also seen within the left pulmonary arterial system.
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Pulmonary embolism can be suspected on X-ray if there is associated pulmonary infarction, which appears as a wedge-shaped pleural-based opacity, referred as Hampton hump.
- +<p><a title="Pulmonary embolism" href="/articles/pulmonary-embolism">Pulmonary embolism</a> can be suspected on X-ray if there is associated <a title="Pulmonary infarction" href="/articles/pulmonary-infarction-1">pulmonary infarction</a>, which appears as a wedge-shaped pleural-based opacity, referred as <a href="/articles/hampton-hump-2">Hampton hump</a>. </p>
Systems changed:
- Vascular
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