The exclusion of pneumothorax by radionuclide lung scan.
A case is reported in which ventilation lung imaging was useful in excluding a large pneumothorax. This technique may be helpful in patients with emphysema in whom exclusion of pneumothorax by radiographic criteria might be difficult.
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes