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Helical CT Diagnosis of PTE

Helical CT Diagnosis of PTE. Bill Lee. Pulmonary Thromboembolism: Spectrum of Findings on CT Creaves S, et. al. American Journal of Roentgenology 1995;165:1359-1363. PTE. Filling defect in pulm. art. post-contrast Widenening, blunting, abrupt termination of arteries

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Helical CT Diagnosis of PTE

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  1. Helical CT Diagnosis of PTE Bill Lee

  2. Pulmonary Thromboembolism: Spectrum of Findings on CTCreaves S, et. al.American Journal of Roentgenology1995;165:1359-1363

  3. PTE • Filling defect in pulm. art. post-contrast • Widenening, blunting, abrupt termination of arteries • Lung parenchyma distal to thrombus may be oligemic (decrease in vessel number or caliber +/- decrease in pulm. attenuation) • Thrombosis of multiple small pulm aa. – patchy decrease in attenuation (“mosaic oligemia”)

  4. PTE • Pulmonary infarcts – triangular to polyhedral focal region of increased parenchymal attenuation distal to thrombus • “Vascular sign” – thickened or thrombosed vessel leading to apex of infarct • Pleural effusion – often hemorrhagic, likely secondary to pulm. necrosis

  5. “Mosaic oligemia” Pulmonary Infarct

  6. Vascular sign (w/PTE) and infarct PTE and pleural fluid

  7. PTE • False + and false – from insufficient pulmonary artery contrast enhancement • False + from confusing adjacent lymph nodes with art. thrombi

  8. “Pseudothrombus” = right hilar lymphadenopathy (arrowhead), PTE in left descending pulmonary art. (arrow)

  9. “Pseudothrombus” • Streamlining 0 Sec Post 30 Sec Post

  10. NCSU Cases • 10y, MC Silky Terrier • Hepatocarcinoma • Met Check • Normal thorax • link

  11. NCSU Cases • Adjust window and level • Lung parenchyma (W≈1500, L≈-500) • PTE (W≈500, L≈0) • Review transverse, sagittal and dorsal plane images • Review different post-contrast times • Often good pulm. art. opacification at ≈ 1 min. • 1mm images best for small lesions

  12. NCSU Cases • 8 Y, MC, Border Collie • Increased resp. rate • Exercise intolerance • Hypoxemia • Transverse , 75 sec post

  13. NCSU Cases • 10 y, MC Beagle • Suspect glucagonoma • Previous heartworm dz possible • Dorsal

  14. NCSU Cases • 8y, FS, Golden Retriever • Adrenal mass • Hyperadrenocorticism • Dorsal

  15. CT Angiography for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism: State of the ArtSchoepf U, et. al.Radiology, 2004;230:329-337

  16. Surpassed scintigraphy as first-line imaging test for PTE • Many advantages of CT over other imaging • med. and parenchymal struct. can be evaluated • thrombus can be directly visualized • interobserver agreement for CT better than scint. • more cost-effective than algorithms that do not include CT

  17. Historical limitation of this modality - detection of small peripheral emboli (single–detector row CT) • Multislice helical CT= increased speed, decreased motion artifact (entire thorax in single breath hold), increased spatial resolution, isotropic voxels & 3D reformatting • = improved detection of small peripheral emboli

  18. 16 slice CT – thrombus in small peripheral vessel w/ associated infarct

  19. 16 slice CT, volume rendered image

  20. 16 slice CT, 0.75 mm slices, volume rendered image

  21. 16 slice CT, 0.75 mm slices, volume rendered image

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