Saddle pulmonary embolism
Updates to Study Attributes
Multiple intraluminal hypodense filling defects are also seen along the anterior and posterior segmental and subsegmental branches of the upper and lower pulmonary lobar arteries partially occluding their lumens.
Transverse sections of the thrombus inside the subsegmental branches surrounded with a rim of contrast refers to "Polo mint sign".
Updates to Case Attributes
Imaging features of a saddle pulmonary embolism, which refers to a large pulmonary embolism that straddles the bifurcation of the pulmonary trunk, extending into the left and right pulmonary arteries.
The polo mint sign refers to the appearance of a venous thrombosis on contrast enhanced CT surrounded with a thin rim of contrast. This applies to any venous thrombosis, while it was first described in pulmonary embolism in CTPA.
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