Non-thrombotic pulmonary embolism (NTPE) results from the embolization of non-
thrombotic materials. It can often be a challenging diagnosis due to non-specific (similar to …

Fibrosing mediastinitis (FM) is a very rare disease, often caused by histoplasmosis
capsulatum, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, autoimmunity and other diseases, such as IgG 4 …

The most common cause of pulmonary artery filling defects on computed tomography
pulmonary angiography or magnetic resonance imaging is pulmonary thromboembolism …

The diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) is often made more challenging by the presence
of diseases that can mimic thromboembolic disease. There is no specific or sensitive …

Discrete central endovascular pulmonary arterial lesions raise clinical concern for
malignancy such as primary pulmonary artery sarcoma. We present a case of a female in …

BACKGROUND Since 1923, only a few hundred cases of pulmonary arterial sarcoma (PAS)
have been reported. It is easy for PAS to be misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism …

Figure 1 (a) Distal popliteal artery thrombotic occlusion. Selective catheter angiography of
the mid to distal left popliteal artery following a fulllength superficial femoral arterial …

2Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando da Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal.
https://doi. org/10.24950/rspmi. 634 function, and arterial blood gases. Transthoracic …

Background: Long and short intramedullary nails have been used in the treatment of
extracapsular hip fractures. Long nails without distal interlocking screws may provide …

Decompensated liver cirrhosis (DLC) is sometimes associated with the development of
esophageal varices (EV) and gastric varices (GV). GV is less common than EV. One of the …