“Distal bright vessel sign” – Novel radiological sign of pulmonary thromboembolism

We describe a novel radiological sign of pulmonary thromboembolism on computed tomography aortic angiogram. It consists of focal hyperenhancement of pulmonary arteries distal to the pulmonary thrombus, while the thrombus itself remains occult and the rest of pulmonary arteries are hypoattenuating. T...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Semionov, MD, PhD, John Kosiuk, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043319303735