DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM: A CONTINUING DILEMMA. ELGAZZAR, A.H. MD, FCAP and AL ENIZI, E. MD, KBNM Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University.
Abstract:Basic considerations: 1 The vast majority of pulmonary emboli are thromboemboli originating from deep veins. Fat, air, or tumor emboli are rare [1]. Fat emboli are reported with long bone fractures and liposuction while air emboli occur with cardiac and neurosurgeries. Renal cell carcinoma with invasion reaching inferior vena cava is a clinical setting that may lead to tumor emboli. Data indicate that 90% of pulmonary thromboemboli originate from the lower extremities and pelvis. The remainder come from thromb… Show more
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