Pulmonary artery thrombus seen as a solitary pulmonary nodule on chest radiograph

Gupta M, Gupta R, Gogia N, Thulkar S
Correspondence: Dr Mudit Gupta, drmuditgupta@yahoo.co.in

ABSTRACT
Solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is a diagnostic challenge for both radiologists and physicians. There have been numerous common and uncommon causes of SPN. We report a30-year-old Indian man with pulmonary thromboembolism, where the pulmonary thrombus was seen as a SPN on the chest radiograph. To the best of our knowledge, this observation has not been published in the literature.

Keywords: chronic pulmonary thromboembolism, lung mass, pulmonary nodule, pulmonary thrombus, solitary pulmonary nodule
Singapore Med J 2010; 51(1): e22-e23