Reversal of intrapulmonary shunting in cirrhosis after liver transplantation demonstrated by perfusion lung scan.
J Nucl Med
; 32(5): 862-4, 1991 May.
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| ID: mdl-2022996
ABSTRACT
A young girl with biliary atresia leading to cirrhosis developed respiratory complications with hypoxemia. Intrapulmonary shunting was diagnosed with a 99mTc-MAA perfusion lung scan, which showed marked systemic activity. The shunting resolved after liver transplantation. The perfusion lung scan offers an efficient method to screen patients with cirrhosis in whom intrapulmonary shunts are suspected and to follow their progress.
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Assunto principal:
Circulação Pulmonar
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Transplante de Fígado
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Cirrose Hepática
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Pulmão
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1991
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Article