False-positive ventilation-perfusion scan in a patient with a transplanted lung

Clin Nucl Med. 2003 Jun;28(6):472-5. doi: 10.1097/01.RLU.0000067506.04468.05.

Abstract

A false-positive ventilation perfusion (V/Q) scan in a patient with a transplanted lung and secondary pulmonary artery stenosis is reported. The patient was examined for tachypnea and shortness of breath after single lung transplantation. A V/Q scan revealed multiple perfusion defects in the transplanted lung, with no corresponding ventilation defects. A pulmonary angiogram revealed pulmonary artery stenosis and no pulmonary emboli. The authors describe a false-positive V/Q scan in a patient after lung transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • False Positive Reactions
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio*