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*Pulmonary bone marrow embolism.
*Pulmonary bone marrow embolism.
*Pulmonary tumour embolism.
*Pulmonary tumour embolism.
*Pulmonary amniotic fluid embolism.


PE usually refers to '''pulmonary venous thromboembolism''', abbreviated '''VTE''', if not otherwise specified.
PE usually refers to '''pulmonary venous thromboembolism''', abbreviated '''VTE''', if not otherwise specified.
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===Clinical===
===Clinical===
*Shortness of breath (dyspnea) - classic symptom.
*Shortness of breath ([[dyspnea]]) - classic symptom.
*Tachycardia.
*Tachycardia.
*Chest pain.
*Chest pain.
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Note:
Note:
*The triad has a limited practical use. Like many questions about mechanism, the greatest utility, as far as I can determine, is pimping medical students and residents.
*The triad has a limited practical use. Like many questions about mechanism, the greatest utility, might be pimping medical students and residents.


===Risks factors venous thromboembolism===
===Risks factors venous thromboembolism===
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*Multiple laminations (layers), in general, suggest that clot was formed in a dynamic environment, i.e. in the context of blood flow.
*Multiple laminations (layers), in general, suggest that clot was formed in a dynamic environment, i.e. in the context of blood flow.


Images:
===Images===
*www:
*www:
**[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ATHHTML/ATH031.html Lines of Zahn (utah.edu)].
**[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ATHHTML/ATH031.html Lines of Zahn (utah.edu)].
**[http://pathhsw5m54.ucsf.edu/case9/image94.html Lines of Zahn (ucsf.edu)].
**[http://pathhsw5m54.ucsf.edu/case9/image94.html Lines of Zahn (ucsf.edu)].
*[[WC]]:
<gallery>
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laminations_in_a_thrombus_-_low_mag.jpg Laminated thrombus - low mag. (WC)].
Image:Laminations_in_a_thrombus_-_low_mag.jpg | Laminated thrombus - low mag. (WC)
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laminations_in_a_thrombus_-_high_mag.jpg Laminated thrombus - high mag. (WC)].
Image:Laminations_in_a_thrombus_-_high_mag.jpg | Laminated thrombus - high mag. (WC)
</gallery>


==Microscopic (fat embolism)==
==Microscopic (fat embolism)==
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Images:
Images:
*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/jpeg2/FOR001.jpg Fat embolism (med.utah.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/EXAM/IMGQUIZ/fofrm.html http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/EXAM/IMGQUIZ/fofrm.html]. Accessed on: 6 December 2010.</ref>
*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/jpeg2/FOR001.jpg Fat embolism (med.utah.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/EXAM/IMGQUIZ/fofrm.html http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/EXAM/IMGQUIZ/fofrm.html]. Accessed on: 6 December 2010.</ref>
==Microscopic (amniotic fluid)==
Features:<ref name=pmid13576364>{{Cite journal  | last1 = ATTWOOD | first1 = HD. | title = The histological diagnosis of amniotic-fluid embolism. | journal = J Pathol Bacteriol | volume = 76 | issue = 1 | pages = 211-5 | month = Jul | year = 1958 | doi =  | PMID = 13576364 }}</ref>
*Pulmonary vessels with fetal debris - particularly squamous cells.
Notes:
*Can easily be missed.<ref name=pmid9104942>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kobayashi | first1 = H. | last2 = Ooi | first2 = H. | last3 = Hayakawa | first3 = H. | last4 = Arai | first4 = T. | last5 = Matsuda | first5 = Y. | last6 = Gotoh | first6 = K. | last7 = Tarao | first7 = T. | title = Histological diagnosis of amniotic fluid embolism by monoclonal antibody TKH-2 that recognizes NeuAc alpha 2-6GalNAc epitope. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 28 | issue = 4 | pages = 428-33 | month = Apr | year = 1997 | doi =  | PMID = 9104942 }}</ref>
*[[Alcian blue stain]] useful. (???)
Images:
<gallery>
Image:Amniotic_fluid_embolism.jpg | Amniotic fluid embolism. (WC/Rosen)
</gallery>


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[Cerebral fat embolism]].
*[[Cerebral fat embolism]].
*[[Vascular thrombus]].
*[[Vascular thrombus]].
*[[Intimal sarcoma]].


==References==
==References==
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