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. 2021 Sep;48(10):3020-3021.
doi: 10.1007/s00259-021-05377-1. Epub 2021 May 5.

The heterogeneity of lung perfusion patterns in SPECT/CT during COVID-19: not only embolism

Lavinia Monaco  1 , Cinzia Crivellaro  2 , Massimo Cressoni  3 , Giuseppe Foti  3 , Claudio Landoni  1   4 , Cristina Messa  1 , Luca Guerra  1   4
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The heterogeneity of lung perfusion patterns in SPECT/CT during COVID-19: not only embolism

Lavinia Monaco et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2021 Sep.
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Axial MAA-lung perfusion SPECT/TC. A 57-year-old male patient admitted to our hospital with ARDS due to bilateral SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. MAA-lung perfusion SPECT/TC confirmed the pulmonary embolism (elevated D-dimer and clinical symptoms), showing segmental baso-lateral perfusion defect of the right lower lobe, that was normally aerated at CT images (asterisk; panel a). In the second patient, a 48-year-old male admitted for the same reasons, SPECT/CT lung perfusion showed an increased perfusion in consolidated or hypoventilated lung regions compared to the normally inflated ones (panel b)
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