Use of Xe-133 gas in the detection of foreign bodies in the lower respiratory tract.
Six patients with a clinical picture of inhaled foreign body and normal chest radiograph were selected for a study with Xenon 133 screening of the lung. The scan was positive in 3 cases from whom a foreign body was removed. The remaining 3 cases in whom the scan was negative were discharged and an uneventful follow-up was recorded. Xenon 133 scanning was found to be useful in the selection of patients for bronchoscopy.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes