[Differential diagnostic problems in pulmonary embolism caused by x-ray findings].
Using two case-histories it is shown that atypical radiological findings caused the delay in diagnosis of pulmonary embolism depsite clinical signs (such as fever and intermittent dyspnoea; cyanosis, haemoptoe and cough reflex were absent). The exact diagnosis was finally established after having excluded all diseases, which were of greater probability on the grounds of the x-ray findings.
D000328:Adult; D000493:Allopurinol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013148:Spironolactone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D004071:Digitalis Glycosides; D013148:Spironolactone; D000493:Allopurinol; D006493:Heparin
Durch Röntgenbefunde induzierte differentialdiagnostische Probleme bei Lungenembolien