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case_images: The right lower limb was noted to be larger than the left lower limb on arrival to the Emergency Department.
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case_images: After confirming correct endotracheal tube placement, he was noted to have significant swelling of his entire right lower limb (Figure 1).
case_images: Coronal slice contrast enhanced computed tomography pulmonary angiography. The arrow demonstrates a large filling defect (pulmonary embolus) in the right pulmonary artery with an oligaemic right lung field.
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case_images: An area of hyperdensity in the posterior right lung region, suggestive of an intra-alveolar haemorrhage, was also noted on CTPA as well as on the post-thrombolysis but not the pre-thrombolysis chest X-ray films (Figures 2 and 3).
case_images: Left parasagittal contrast enhanced computed tomography pulmonary angiography. The arrow points to a large filling defect (pulmonary embolus) in the left pulmonary artery.
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case_images: An area of hyperdensity in the posterior right lung region, suggestive of an intra-alveolar haemorrhage, was also noted on CTPA as well as on the post-thrombolysis but not the pre-thrombolysis chest X-ray films (Figures 2 and 3).