Pulmonary shunt in a single lung evidenced by quantitative lung scan obtained in the erect and supine positions
| Autor: | Shiou-Chi Cherng, Jen Tk, Li Sg, Yang Sp, Wang Yf |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Supine position medicine.medical_treatment Posture Pneumonectomy medicine.artery mental disorders medicine Supine Position Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radionuclide Imaging Lung medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Respiratory disease General Medicine Left pulmonary artery Lung Injury respiratory system Middle Aged medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Pulmonary artery Pulmonary shunt Female Radiology medicine.symptom Chest radiograph business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nuclear medicine. 25(9) |
| ISSN: | 0363-9762 |
| Popis: | A 46-year-old woman had a nonfunctioning lung and pulmonary shunt resulting from trauma. She had shortness of breath when in the erect position but no symptoms when in the supine position. A chest radiograph and computed tomographic scan showed collapse of the left lung, hyperinflation of the right lung, and cardiomegaly. Body position and cardiomegaly are causes of nonuniform pulmonary artery perfusion revealed by quantitative lung scans obtained in different positions. After left pneumonectomy with left pulmonary artery ligation, the clinical symptoms subsided completely. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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