Spiral CT has good sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of PE. In the majority of patients who do not have PE, it also provides important ancillary information for the final diagnosis.
The thin-section CT findings of near drowning consist of ground-glass opacities with or without associated reticular opacities and centrilobular nodules.
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