title: Pulmonary infarction: CT appearance with pathologic correlation.
abstract: The CT appearance of 12 proven pulmonary infarcts in 10 patients was analyzed and correlated with pathologic appearance. The diagnosis of pulmonary infarction was clinically suspected in only 2 of the 10 patients. A pleural based parenchymal density with convex, bulging borders and linear strands directed from the apex of the density toward the hilum was noted in each case (n = 12). Other features were a truncated apex (n = 10), a broad pleural base (n = 10), and scattered areas of reduced attenuation within the lesions (n = 7). This distinctive complex of findings on CT should raise a strong suspicion of pulmonary infarction.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Meziane
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Siegelman
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed