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Chest CT sagittal view. Filling defect right upper pulmonary artery stump (red arrow).
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A CT scan of the chest done more than two years after the lung resection, showed a filling defect in the right upper lobe pulmonary artery stump (Figs. 1 and 2) that was not present on prior scans.
Chest CT coronal view. Filling defect right upper pulmonary artery stump (red arrow).
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A CT scan of the chest done more than two years after the lung resection, showed a filling defect in the right upper lobe pulmonary artery stump (Figs. 1 and 2) that was not present on prior scans.
Chest CT sagittal view. Resolution of the filling defect.
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His oral anticoagulation was discontinued after three months when a follow up chest CT scan showed complete resolution of the previously noted filling defect (Figs. 3 and 4).
Chest CT coronal view. Resolution of the filling defect.
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His oral anticoagulation was discontinued after three months when a follow up chest CT scan showed complete resolution of the previously noted filling defect (Figs. 3 and 4).