Unilateral Absence of Pulmonary Perfusion Mimicking Pulmonary Embolism
Bernard Chow1,2,
Conrad Wittram3 and
Victor W. Lee4
1
Department of Radiology, MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham Union Hospital,
Framingham, MA 01701.
2
Present address: Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115.
3
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical
School, 55 Fruit St., Boston, MA 02114.
4
Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, 88 E.
Newton St., Boston, MA 02118.

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Fig. 1A. 69-year-old woman with pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea.
Composite image from posterior projection of ventilation-perfusion scan was
obtained with technetium-99m diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid aerosol
(left) and technetium-99m macroaggregated albumin (right).
Absence of left pulmonary perfusion is noted when lungs are normally
ventilated.
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Fig. 1B. 69-year-old woman with pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea.
Contrast-enhanced CT scan shows filling defect of main and left pulmonary
artery with expansion and slight enhancement.
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Fig. 1C. 69-year-old woman with pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea.
Pulmonary arteriogram shows occluding intraluminal mass extending from
pulmonary trunk to left pulmonary artery.
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Fig. 1D. 69-year-old woman with pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea.
Photograph of main pulmonary artery reveals tumor (arrow).
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Fig. 1E. 69-year-old woman with pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea.
Photomicrograph of pulmonary artery shows extensive spindle-cell proliferation
with abundant mitoses. (H and E, x10)
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