Paradoxical embolism: computed tomography demonstration.
Paradoxical emboli are rare and often presumptively diagnosed. A case of paradoxical embolism, in which both the arterial and venous emboli were documented on CT, is described.
Kaye
J
J
Women's & Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia.
Hayward
M
M
D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed