Scintigraphic detection of post-pneumonectomy bronchopleural fistulae

A total of 20 ventilation studies [16 with xenon-133 and four with technetium-99m diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA)] were performed in 11 patients with suspected post-pneumonectomy bronchopleural fistulae. The findings on the ventilation scan were correlated with bronchoscopy, taken as the...

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Published in:	European journal of nuclear medicine Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 215 - 219
Main Authors:	Raja, S, Rice, T W, Neumann, D R, Saha, G B, Khandekar, S, MacIntyre, W J, Go, R T
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Germany Springer Nature B.V 01-03-1999
Subjects:	Aerosols Bronchial Fistula - diagnostic imaging Bronchial Fistula - etiology Bronchoscopy Female Fistula - diagnostic imaging Fistula - etiology Humans Lung Neoplasms - surgery Male Middle Aged Pleural Diseases - diagnostic imaging Pleural Diseases - etiology Pneumonectomy - adverse effects Radionuclide Imaging Radiopharmaceuticals Sensitivity and Specificity Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate Xenon Radioisotopes
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