Pulmonary scintigraphy in a patient with multiple pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and pulmonary embolism.
The scintigraphic findings in a patient with multiple pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) complicated by superimposed pulmonary embolism are reported. Although pulmonary AVMs may cause small subsegmental scintigraphic abnormalities, the demonstration of perfusion defects which are segmental or larger should strongly suggest the presence of superimposed pulmonary embolism in a patient with multiple pulmonary AVMs.
D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes