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CTA diagnosing segmental and sub-segmental thrombus in the right lung.
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Nevertheless, CTA was performed by decision of our team and showed segmental and subsegmental thrombi in the right lung (Figure 1), which was thus diagnosed as PE.
Comparison between the CTAs in the asymptomatic phase (left) and after pulmonary infarction pain (right).
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He returned to the emergency department and underwent another chest CTA, which showed partial recanalization of the thrombi identified in the previous exam, and areas of pulmonary infarction, in the lung segment corresponding to the area of the embolism, coincident with the location of the chest pain, with no evidence of new emboli (Figure 2).