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Functional pneumectomy by a saccular aneurysm of the aortic root |
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| Authors: | Marion C. Blonk Jan C. Roos Fred G. van der Berg Freek W. A. Verheugt |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Free University Hospital, P.O. Box 7057, NL-1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(2) Department of Nuclear Medicine, Free University Hospital, P.O. Box 7057, NL-1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(3) Department of Radiology, Free University Hospital, P.O. Box 7057, NL-1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(4) Department of Cardiology, Free University Hospital, P.O. Box 7057, NL-1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | This case report describes a patient with severe stenosis of the right pulmonary artery due to an expanding arteriosclerotic aneurysm of the ascending aorta. The clinical data and the lung perfusion ventilation scintigrams supported the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, and initially the patient was treated accordingly. |
| Keywords: | Aortic aneurysm Pulmonary artery stenosis Perfusion ventilation scintigraphy |
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