
Westermark sign
Westermark sign: regional pulmonary oligaemia on chest X-ray in pulmonary embolism, with historical origins, imaging features and modern clinical relevance.

Westermark sign: regional pulmonary oligaemia on chest X-ray in pulmonary embolism, with historical origins, imaging features and modern clinical relevance.

Nils Westermark (1892–1980), Swedish radiologist and Olympic silver medallist, remembered for the Westermark sign in pulmonary embolism.