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Palla's sign

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Overview

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.

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