[Diagnostic image. A man with dyspnoea].
A 55-year-old man with exertional dyspnoea had a chest X-ray with the Westermark sign and a CT scan showing a Hampton hump. Bilateral pulmonary embolisms were diagnosed.
Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. pruijsten@yahoo.com
Ralph V
RV
Pruijsten
Johan M
JM
van der Klooster
D000792:Angiography; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome