title: Unilateral absent pulmonary perfusion due to bronchogenic carcinoma.
abstract: Ventilation-perfusion lung scans are commonly done in the diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolic disease. We describe a patient in whom absent perfusion involving an entire lung was due to bronchogenic carcinoma. Echocardiography and chest computed tomography were essential tests in evaluating a nonembolic etiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10025, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
chemical_list: D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; C082426:technetium Tc99m-mercaptoacetyl albumin; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate