[Differential diagnostic problems in pulmonary embolism caused by x-ray findings].

Using two case-histories it is shown that atypical radiological findings caused the delay in diagnosis of pulmonary embolism depsite clinical signs (such as fever and intermittent dyspnoea; cyanosis, haemoptoe and cough reflex were absent). The exact diagnosis was finally established after having excluded all diseases, which were of greater probability on the grounds of the x-ray findings.