Emre Unal1,2, Sinan Balci3, Zeynep Atceken4, Erhan Akpinar1, Orhan Macit Ariyurek1. 1. 1 Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 06100. 2. 2 Present address: Department of Radiology, Zonguldak Ataturk State Hospital, Zonguldak, Turkey. 3. 3 Department of Radiology, Artvin State Hospital, Artvin, Turkey. 4. 4 Department of Radiology, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to emphasize the imaging findings encountered in the setting of nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism. CONCLUSION: Nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism refers to a spectrum of clinical and radiologic disorders caused by embolization of the pulmonary artery vasculature by various cell types, microorganism, and foreign bodies. Awareness of the imaging and clinical features of the nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism may facilitate prompt diagnosis.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to emphasize the imaging findings encountered in the setting of nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism. CONCLUSION:Nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism refers to a spectrum of clinical and radiologic disorders caused by embolization of the pulmonary artery vasculature by various cell types, microorganism, and foreign bodies. Awareness of the imaging and clinical features of the nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism may facilitate prompt diagnosis.