Acute pulmonary thromboembolism with high‐density emboli in the pulmonary artery detected on non‐enhanced computed tomography

Abstract

Key message The presence of high‐density emboli in the pulmonary artery on non‐enhanced computed tomography (CT) has high diagnostic performance for acute central pulmonary thromboembolism. Acute pulmonary thromboembolism is usually diagnosed by contrast‐enhanced CT. However, it may be possible to achieve early diagnosis by identifying characteristic findings on non‐enhanced CT.

Keywords

• high‐density emboli
• non‐enhanced CT
• pulmonary infarction
• pulmonary thromboembolism