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Figure 6.  Acute pulmonary embolism in a 66-year-old man who presented with chest pain and dyspnea. CT scan shows an acute pulmonary embolus that causes a partial filling defect surrounded by contrast material (railway track sign) (arrow). Another acute pulmonary embolus affects the left main pulmonary artery (arrowhead).