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Pulmonary embolism findings on chest radiographs and multislice spiral CT

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Multislice spiral CT is becoming an increasingly important tool for diagnosing pulmonary embolism. However, in many instances, a chest radiograph is usually performed as a first-line examination. Many parenchymal, vascular, and other ancillary findings may be observed on both imaging modalities with a highly detailed depiction of abnormalities on multislice CT. A comprehensive review of chest radiograph findings is presented with side-by-side correlations of CT images reformatted mainly in the frontal plane.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Emmanuel Coche & Louis Goncette

  2. Department of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Franck Verschuren

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Philippe Hainaut

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Coche, E., Verschuren, F., Hainaut, P. et al. Pulmonary embolism findings on chest radiographs and multislice spiral CT. Eur Radiol 14, 1241–1248 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-003-2203-2

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