Diagnosis of pulmonary embolus by spiral CT: a case study
Clark, K.; Salim, A.; Willis, J.A.
West Virginia Medical Journal 95(6): 307-308
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-3284 PMID: 10650776 Document Number: 508526
A thirty-eight-year old immunosuppressed woman presented with respiratory distress and was diagnosed with Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia. Pulmonary embolism was also suspected on clinical grounds. A Ventilation-Perfusion Scan was indeterminate. Contrast-enhanced spiral computed tomography of the chest confirmed the presence of a central pulmonary embolus and helped to avoid pulmonary angiography in this critically ill patient.