The importance of clinical suspicion in diagnosing pulmonary embolism: A case of false-positive high probability radionuclide perfusion lung scan

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 234-236

  Cei, Marco ^a   Mumoli, Nicola ^a   Mariotti, Federica ^a   Pardelli, Riccardo ^a  

^a Departments of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Keywords; Perfusion lung scan; Pulmonary artery stenosis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; SCINTISCANNING; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16544372012     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000134839.34865.1f     Document Type: Article

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