Suspected pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis: A comprehensive MDCT diagnosis in the acute clinical setting

Catheter-directed Venous Thrombolysis in acute iliofemoral vein thrombosis-the CaVenT Study: Rationale and design of a multicenter, randomized, controlled, clinical trial (NCT00251771)

“…CT venography of the lower limb has so far not been shown to hold a 20 position in the primary diagnostic work up for acute DVT, but may be preferred for, e.g., intensive care patients (22). In patients with suspected PE, however, a CT pulmonary angiography should be carried out (4;23), and an immediately following ("follow-on") CT venography utilizing the already given contrast agent, may give additional information in this patient group (24).…”

Imaging acute complications in cancer patients: what should be evaluated in the emergency setting?

“…The differential diagnosis of PTE includes pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM), an extremely rare and serious complication in patients with cancer caused by the presence of microemboli; it is associated with adenocarcinomas, mainly of gastric origin [ 32 ]. A patient with PTTM develops rapidly progressing signs and symptoms of pulmonary hypertension and cardiac failure, evolving to death in a few days [ 33 , 34 ]. Diagnosing this condition is extremely difficult, and in many cases is performed post-mortem.…”