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Unusual ventilation‐perfusion patterns in primary lung tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Chanoine J.P.,
Toppet M.,
Dab I,
Toppet V.,
Tondeur M.,
Ham H.,
Piepsz A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.1950050110
Subject(s) - medicine , lung , intensive care medicine , primary tuberculosis , tuberculosis , perfusion , ventilation (architecture) , pathology , cardiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
We report two cases of primary lung tuberculosis in children with unusual perfusion ventilation scintigraphic patterns. In the first case, a mismatch in the right upper lobe suggests an elective compression of the bronchi by the mediastinal lymph nodes; in the second case, the total absence of ventilation and perfusion of the left lobe at scintigraphy illustrates the discrepancy sometimes encountered between chest x‐ray and lung scintigraphy.