Ventilation-perfusion lung images in the Swyer-James syndrome.
Ventilation-perfusion lung imaging appears to be a significant nonivasive means of supporting the clinical diagnosis of Swyer-James syndrome. Three cases are presented which display characteristic delayed washout of xenon from a small or normal-sized, underperfused hyperlucent lung.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012119:Respiration; D013577:Syndrome