%0 Case Reports
%T Central Pulmonary Embolism Detected on a Chest X-Ray: A Case Report.
%A Saliba T
%A Tack D
%J J Belg Soc Radiol
%V 107
%N 1
%D 2023
%M 36817570
%F 1.912
%R 10.5334/jbsr.3052
%X Patients presenting to the emergency room with respiratory symptoms often receive a chest X-ray as part of the initial workup to exclude common pathologies. A 60-year-old patient presented to the emergency department with dyspnoea. An initial chest X-ray revealed the Fleischner's sign, the knuckle sign, and the Westermark sign, specific but not sensitive for central pulmonary embolism, prompting a follow-up angio CT to confirm the diagnosis. The patient was treated and discharged a few days later.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Chest X-rays, done as part of an initial workup, can show signs of pathologies that are not yet clinically suspected, such as pulmonary embolism.