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case_images: A computed tomography angiography scan with different axes displayed a massive pulmonary thromboembolism; note that red arrow shows nearly complete obliteration of the main pulmonary artery
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case_images: A CTA scan was analyzed as filling defects compatible with a massive pulmonary embolism in the bifurcation of the pulmonary artery [Figure 1].
case_images: (a and b) A PET-computed tomography scan shows pathological F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the same area (red arrow) after failed the pulmonary thromboendarterectomy therapy. PET: Positron emission tomography
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case_images: After inconclusive therapies, a positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan was ordered 1 month later and displayed pathological uptake of this area [Figure 2a and b].