Nonthrombotic Pulmonary Artery Embolism: Imaging Findings and Review of the Literature.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to emphasize the imaging findings encountered in the setting of nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism.


CONCLUSIONS
Nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism refers to a spectrum of clinical and radiologic disorders caused by embolization of the pulmonary artery vasculature by various cell types, microorganism, and foreign bodies. Awareness of the imaging and clinical features of the nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism may facilitate prompt diagnosis.
1 Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 06100.|2 Present address: Department of Radiology, Zonguldak Ataturk State Hospital, Zonguldak, Turkey.
Emre
E
Unal
3 Department of Radiology, Artvin State Hospital, Artvin, Turkey.
Sinan
S
Balci
4 Department of Radiology, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Zeynep
Z
Atceken
1 Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 06100.
Erhan
E
Akpinar
1 Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 06100.
Orhan Macit
OM
Ariyurek
D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
amniotic fluid embolism; bullet embolism; cement embolism; fat embolism; hydatid cyst embolism; nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism; tumor embolism