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Axial angio CT image showing bilateral pulmonary embolism and the presence of breast implants.
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Department of her local hospital. D-dimer tested positive (>400 ng/ml) and an Angio CT scan showed bilateral massive pulmonary embolism (Figures 1 and 2).
Coronal angio CT image showing pulmonary embolism.
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Department of her local hospital. D-dimer tested positive (>400 ng/ml) and an Angio CT scan showed bilateral massive pulmonary embolism (Figures 1 and 2).
CT scan revealed the presence of haematoma with greatest dimensions of 20.57 mm and 25.91 mm.
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After 6 h the patient started to bleed at the breast drainage holes and developed an extremely large haematoma (Figure 3) in her left breast.
Color Doppler ultrasound scan showing a deep vein thrombosis in the left axillary vein.
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A Color Doppler ultrasound scan of upper and lower limbs showed a deep venous thrombosis in the left axillary vein (Figure 4).
Two years' follow-up angio CT scan showing clear pulmonary tree.
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At a 2-year follow-up an Angio CT scan showed a clear pulmonary arterial tree (Figure 5). 