title: Scintigraphic evidence of pulmonary vascular occlusion in sickle cell disease.
abstract: The acute chest syndrome of sickle cell disease is believed to be primarily a microvascular event. It will rarely involve the larger pulmonary vasculature. We present a case of sickle cell disease where segmental pulmonary arteries were temporarily occluded during the episode of sickling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lisbona
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Derbekyan
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Novales-Diaz
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging