Hawassa university Medical Radiology technology Department GC 2010

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09/12/2025

Pulmonary Embolism – Key Radiological Signs 🫁⚠️

📌 Knuckle Sign
Abrupt tapering or cutoff of a pulmonary artery.

📌 Palla Sign
Enlarged right descending pulmonary artery.

📌 Hampton Hump
Dome-shaped, pleural-based opacity due to lung infarction.

📌 Westermark Sign
Focal peripheral hyperlucency caused by oligemia.

📌 Fleischner Sign
Prominent central pulmonary artery.

📌 Chang Sign
Enlargement and sudden change in diameter of a pulmonary artery.

📌 Pleural Effusion
May be present as an associated finding.

📌 Saddle Embolism
Thrombus straddling the main pulmonary artery bifurcation.

📌 Polo Mint Sign (CT)
Central filling defect surrounded by contrast.

📌 Railway Sign (CT)
Parallel lines representing a clot in longitudinal view.

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02/12/2025

Tuberculosis – Key Radiological Findings 🫁🔥

🟢 Inactive TB

Apical fibrosis

Pleural thickening or calcification

Fibroparenchymal / reticular opacities

Calcified granuloma

Calcified mediastinal lymph nodes

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🟠 Active TB

Cavity with surrounding consolidation

Upper or mid-lobe consolidation

Miliary nodules

Unilateral paratracheal / hilar enlarged lymph nodes

Empyema

Tree-in-bud appearance

Lower-lobe consolidation

Pleural effusion

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Fetal Gender?

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14/11/2025

🦠Key facts about Marburg virus disease (MVD)

Formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans.

The average MVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 24% to 88% in past outbreaks. Early supportive care with rehydration, and symptomatic treatment improves survival.

There are currently no approved vaccines or antiviral treatments for MVD, but a range of vaccines and drug therapies are under development.

Rousettus aegyptiacus, a fruit bat of the Pteropodidae family, is considered the natural host of Marburg virus.

The Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through human-to-human transmission

Source: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/marburg-virus-disease

14/11/2025

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