Discussions of pulmonary thromboemboli and pulmonary infarcts most often occur in the autopsy suite rather than the surgical pathology laboratory. In fact, some renowned textbooks on pulmonary ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Low-risk patients with and without concerning CT findings had comparable clinical outcomes. More patients with ...

If a doctor suspects you may have a pulmonary embolism (PE), a CT scan is the gold standard of imaging techniques. This painless scan uses intravenous (IV) contrast, a type of dye, to help the doctor ...

Of approximately 250,000 Americans diagnosed with acute pulmonary embolism, or PE, in emergency departments each year, most are hospitalized. But Michigan Medicine research, published in JAMA Network ...

ALTHOUGH sickle-cell disease has been associated with vascular thrombosis and tissue infarction 1 sickle states have only recently been associated with similar phenomena. Splenic infarctions, 2–5 ...

The routine use of computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography for the detection of pulmonary emboli has led to overdiagnosis of the condition, according to a new study published online July 2 in ...

Persistent cough and spots on your lungs after a chest X-ray or CT scan may be signs of noncancerous pulmonary nodules. In some cases, though, more tests might be required to ensure the nodules are ...