Pulmonary artery thrombus detection by magnetic resonance imaging.
We report a patient in whom cardiac magnetic resonance imaging detected a clinically unsuspected pulmonary artery thromboembolus. Follow-up MRI after surgical removal of the thromboembolus showed normal pulmonary arteries. This case illustrates the potential utility of MRI in the detection and follow-up of central pulmonary artery thromboembolism.
Szucs
R A
RA
Department of Radiology, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond.
Rehr
R B
RB
Tatum
J L
JL
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography