Westermark's sign

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Westermark's sign

Etymology: Neil Westermark, German radiologist, b. 1904

on a radiograph of the lung, the absence of blood vessel markings beyond the location of a pulmonary embolism.

Westermark's sign

decreased filling of the pulmonary vasculature due to thromboembolism.

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