TY - JOUR
T1 - Tracheobronchial aspiration observed during ventilation perfusion lung scanning
AU - Wasserstrom, R.
AU - Tulchinsky, Mark
PY - 1994/1/1
Y1 - 1994/1/1
N2 - A 49-year-old man with a history of athetoid cerebral palsy, cervical spondylosis, and swallowing dysfunction underwent an anterior decompressive cordectomy and spinal fusion of C4 through C6. Approximately 1 month following surgery, the patient experienced acute shortness of breath and ventilation-perfusion lung imaging was performed to rule out pulmonary embolus. The Tc-99m DTPA aerosol ventilation scan demonstrated tracheobronchial aspiration and correlated well with the patient's subsequent development of aspiration pneumonia and the adult respiratory distress syndrome.
AB - A 49-year-old man with a history of athetoid cerebral palsy, cervical spondylosis, and swallowing dysfunction underwent an anterior decompressive cordectomy and spinal fusion of C4 through C6. Approximately 1 month following surgery, the patient experienced acute shortness of breath and ventilation-perfusion lung imaging was performed to rule out pulmonary embolus. The Tc-99m DTPA aerosol ventilation scan demonstrated tracheobronchial aspiration and correlated well with the patient's subsequent development of aspiration pneumonia and the adult respiratory distress syndrome.
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U2 - 10.1097/00003072-199403000-00018
DO - 10.1097/00003072-199403000-00018
M3 - Article
C2 - 8033479
AN - SCOPUS:0028218998
VL - 19
SP - 240
EP - 242
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
SN - 0363-9762
IS - 3
ER -