Inapparent pulmonary vascular disease in an ex-heroin user.
A severe pulmonary vascular derangement, usually reported in drug addicts, was diagnosed in a 28-year-old asymptomatic ex-heroin user by means of fortuitously performed pulmonary perfusion imaging. Neither physical findings nor pulmonary function tests, aroused suspicion of the diagnosis. A search for asymptomatic pulmonary vascular disease probably should be undertaken in drug addicts.
D000328:Adult; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012907:Smoking; D013667:Technetium; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*
D013667:Technetium; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate