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False positive V/Q imaging in pulmonary contusion.

J F Housman1, W A Fajman

  • 1Department of Radiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30335-3801.

Clinical Nuclear Medicine
|August 1, 1989
PubMed
Summary

Pulmonary contusion can mimic pulmonary embolism on ventilation/perfusion scans. This study highlights a case where imaging showed a mismatch in a contusion patient, but arteriography ruled out actual embolism.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Imaging
  • Trauma Surgery
  • Pulmonary Medicine

Background:

  • Pulmonary contusion and embolism are common post-trauma complications.
  • Ventilation/perfusion mismatch is a known imaging finding in pulmonary contusion.
  • Arteriography is typically used to confirm pulmonary embolism.