Pulmonary perfusion "without ventilation".
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-1983
Abstract
An 88-yr-old man, with prior left upper lobectomy and phrenic nerve injury, had a ventilation/perfusion lung image. Both wash-in and equilibrium ventilation images showed no radioactive gas in the left lung. Nevertheless, the left lung was perfused. A similar result was obtained on a repeat study 8 days later. Delayed images, during washout, showed some radioactive gas in the left lung. Nearly absent ventilation (but continued perfusion) of that lung might have been related to altered gas dynamics brought about by the prior lobectomy, a submucosal bronchial lesion, phrenic nerve damage, and limited motion of the left part of the diaphragm. This case raises the issue of the degree of ventilation (and the phase relationship between the lungs) required for the entry of radioactive gas into a diseased lung, and the production of a "reversed ventilation/perfusion mismatch."
Volume
24
Issue
12
First Page
1149
Last Page
1150
ISSN
0161-5505
Published In/Presented At
Chapman, C. N., Sziklas, J. J., Spencer, R. P., & Rosenberg, R. J. (1983). Pulmonary perfusion "without ventilation". Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 24(12), 1149–1150.
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
6644374
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article