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The changing faces of aortic dissection: an unusual presentation mimicking pulmonary embolism
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- Published on: 30 October 2007
- Published on: 30 October 2007Instead of compression by haematoma, occlusion by a thrombus can be the complicating factorShow More
Dear Editor,
In the context of involvement of the right pulmonary artery by aortic dissection, instead of being caused by extrinsic compression attributable to a haematoma(1)(2)(3), obstruction of the right pulmonary artery might be attributable to thrombosis, with associated extrinsic compression by a massively dilated aorta, as shown in the instance of a 69 year old man who initially presented with stigmata of...
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