Document Type
Report
Department
Radiology
Abstract
Extra pulmonary accumulation of Tc-99m-macroaggregate of albumin (MAA) is rarely seen on perfusion lung scan, and has been reported in less than 4% of a study population of nearly 380 patients. It occurs when the agent bypasses the lungs due to a right to left (R-L) cardiac or pulmonary shunt, when it is shunted to the portal vein before reaching the right atrium and ventricle of the heart, and when the agent is degraded to a submicron particle size. When a pharmaceutical problem is excluded, extra-pulmonary uptake implies unusual hemodynamics with a shunt. A case is reported in which a clinically unsuspected shunt was diagnosed from the lung perfusion scintigraphy.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Journal of Pakistan Medical Association
Recommended Citation
Hussain, R.,
Maseeh-uz-Zaman, .,
Khan, S. A.,
Ahmad, M. N.
(2006). Extra [corrected] pulmonary uptake of Tc-99m-MAA perfusion lung scan as a result of right to left intra cardiac shunt. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, 56(5), 241-242.
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