Presentation
Right pleuritic pain and mild breathlessness.
Patient Data
Gender: Female
From the case:
Pulmonary embolism with Hampton's hump
Convex right costophrenic consolidation suggestive of Hampton's hump (lung infarct).
From the case:
Pulmonary embolism with Hampton's hump
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Axial C+ CTPA
CT confirms the presence of a lung infarct and shows bilateral pulmonary emboli.
Case Discussion
Hampton's hump refers to a dome-shaped, pleural-based opacification in the lung most commonly due to lung infarction from pulmonary embolism although it can also result from other causes of pulmonary infarction (e.g. vascular occlusion due to angioinvasive aspergillosis).
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