Septic Emboli and Bacterial Endocarditis

24 year old female with bacterial endocarditis with multiple pulmonary emboli, some cavitating. The CXR shows multiple foci of consolidation with a wedge shaped defect in the posterior segment of the left upper lobe consistent with a Hamptons hump caused by an embolic infarction
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonvein.net 24f PE Hampton’s hump 001
24 year old female with bacterial endocarditis with multiple pulmonary emboli, some cavitating. The CT shows multiple foci of consolidation with a foci of consolidations in the posterior segments of the upper lobes bilaterally The focal consolidation in the right upper lobe is cavitating
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonvein.net 24f PE Hampton’s hump 002
24 year old female with bacterial endocarditis with multiple pulmonary emboli, some cavitating. The CT scan shows a wedge shaped conglomerate region of cosolidation in the posterior segment of the left upper lobe consistent with a Hamptons hump caused by an embolic infarction
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonvein.net 24f PE Hampton’s hump 003