A pulmonary infarction, also called lung infarction, occurs when a section of lung tissue dies because its blood supply has become blocked. While several medical conditions can cause a pulmonary infarction, the most common cause is pulmonary embolus.

Do pulmonary infarctions heal?

Infarcts that do not heal within two or three days generally take two to three weeks to heal. The dead tissue is replaced by scar tissue.

What can cause pulmonary infarction?

Conclusion: We conclude that although pulmonary thromboembolism is the most common cause of pulmonary infarction identified by surgical lung biopsy, a variety of other causes are clinically encountered, including infections, inflammatory or infiltrative lung diseases, pulmonary torsion, malignancy, and nonthrombotic ...