Postural change in ventilation and perfusion secondary to a thoracic scoliosis with complete resolution after surgery

Br J Radiol. 2009 Jul;82(979):e137-40. doi: 10.1259/bjr/34532489.

Abstract

We present the case of a child with a thoracic scoliosis causing respiratory impairment in whom pre-surgical ventilation-perfusion lung scintigraphy in different postures was able to predict improvement in ventilation and perfusion after surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Dyspnea / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Krypton Radioisotopes
  • Lung Diseases, Obstructive / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases, Obstructive / etiology*
  • Posture
  • Radiography
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Scoliosis / complications*
  • Scoliosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Scoliosis / surgery
  • Thoracic Vertebrae

Substances

  • Krypton Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals