Palla's sign

Palla's sign is a clinical sign in which an enlarged right descending pulmonary artery is seen on the chest x-ray in patients with pulmonary embolism. It is of low sensitivity, and its specificity is not known. It exhibits as a "sausage" appearance on X-ray. [1]

Palla's sign
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Palla Sign and Westermark Sign
Differential diagnosispulmonary embolism


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