Pulmonary imaging in fat embolism syndrome

Clin Nucl Med. 1986 Jul;11(7):521-2. doi: 10.1097/00003072-198607000-00018.

Abstract

Ventilation/perfusion lung scanning can be used to effectively detect fat embolism following skeletal trauma. Typical ventilation/perfusion findings may be present when the chest radiograph is normal, and clinical findings are equivocal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Embolism, Fat / complications
  • Embolism, Fat / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Syndrome
  • Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio