Ventilation/Perfusion SPECT for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism and Other Diseases
Figure 6
Patient with extensive pneumonia. Sagittal slices in a 79-year-old man who felt general illness, shivering, and low blood pressure. Chest X-ray was interpreted as pleural effusion. The ventilation study of the left lung showed almost absent ventilation, while perfusion was mainly preserved, and a stripe sign is observed. Diagnosis with was bilateral pneumonia, and this was confirmed later at autopsy.
