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PE adherent to vessel wall

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This patient presented with breathlessness and pleuritic chest pain. The clinical diagnosis was of PE.

<p>PE adherent to vessel wall</p>

Modality: CT

PE adherent to vessel wall

PE adherent to vessel wall

contributed by Dr Jeremy Jones on July 24, 2010

System: Chest
Tag: pe

The initial view of the CTPA doesn't reveal any large filling defects, but closer inspection reveals clot adherent to walls of both the left and right main pulmonary arteries before their bifurcation.