Postural change in ventilation and perfusion secondary to a thoracic scoliosis with complete resolution after surgery.
We present the case of a child with a thoracic scoliosis causing respiratory impairment in whom pre-surgical ventilation-perfusion lung scintigraphy in different postures was able to predict improvement in ventilation and perfusion after surgery.
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Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
Goddard
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Easty
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Wallis
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Biassoni
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007727:Krypton Radioisotopes; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011187:Posture; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae
D007727:Krypton Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals