Ventilation/perfusion mismatch in interstitial fibrosis.
Regional pulmonary perfusion defects unmatched by ventilation loss, occurring in a patient with proven interstitial lung fibrosis, is reported. This condition is not a widely recognized cause of ventilation/perfusion mismatch.
Rawlinson
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Hampshire, England.
Ackery
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012119:Respiration