Most pulmonary infarctions associated with thromboembolic obstruction occur in which part of the lung?
a. Right lung
b. Lung bases
c. Lung apexes
d. Left lung
ANS: B
Pulmonary infarction is associated with thromboembolic obstruction of a medium-sized pulmo-nary artery and generally occurs at the lung bases where it usually presents as a wedge-shaped opacity on chest images.
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