Suspected pulmonary embolism in patients with pulmonary fibrosis: Discordance between ventilation/perfusion SPECT and CT pulmonary angiography

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作者
Leuschner, Gabriela [1 ]
Wenter, Vera [2 ]
Milger, Katrin [1 ]
Zimmermann, Gregor S. [1 ]
Matthes, Sandhya [1 ]
Meinel, Felix G. [3 ]
Lehner, Sebastian [2 ]
Neurohr, Claus [1 ]
Behr, Juergen [1 ]
Kneidinger, Nikolaus [1 ]
机构
[1] German Ctr Lung Res DZL, Dept Internal Med 5, Comprehens Pneumol Ctr CPC M, Munich, Germany
[2] Univ Munich, Dept Nucl Med, Munich, Germany
[3] Univ Munich, Inst Clin Radiol, Munich, Germany
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lung disease; multidetector computed tomography; pulmonary embolism; pulmonary fibrosis; radionuclide imaging; PERFUSION LUNG-SCAN; HELICAL CT; SPIRAL CT; DIAGNOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; MANAGEMENT; DISEASE; HYPERTENSION; ACCURACY; WARFARIN;
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10.1111/resp.12797
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R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];
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Background and ObjectivePulmonary embolism (PE) is a common differential diagnosis in patients with pulmonary fibrosis presenting with a clinical deterioration. Both ventilation/perfusion (V/Q)-single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) are routinely used to detect PE. However, the value of V/Q-SPECT and CTPA in this scenario has not been studied so far. We aimed to investigate the concordance of V/Q-SPECT and CTPA in patients with pulmonary fibrosis and suspicion of pulmonary embolism. MethodsA total of 22 consecutive patients with pulmonary fibrosis and clinical deterioration who underwent both V/Q-SPECT and CTPA were included in the study and analyzed for the presence of pulmonary embolism. ResultsNine of 22 patients (41%) had evidence for pulmonary embolism in V/Q-SPECT, and two of these patients had matching evidence for pulmonary embolism in CTPA. In the other seven patients with positive findings in V/Q-SPECT, no evidence of pulmonary embolism was found in CTPA. None of the 13 patients with a negative V/Q-SPECT had evidence for pulmonary embolism in CTPA. ConclusionIn patients with pulmonary fibrosis and suspected pulmonary embolism, pulmonary embolism is detected more frequently by V/Q-SPECT than by CTPA. Thromboembolic disease is identified on CTPA only in a minority of patients with positive findings on V/Q-SPECT. When making treatment decisions, clinicians should be aware of the high rate of discordant findings in V/Q-SPECT and CTPA in this specific patient population. The purpose of the study was to investigate the concordance of V/Q-SPECT and CTPA in patients with pulmonary fibrosis and suspicion of pulmonary embolism. V/Q-SPECT resulted in substantially more positive results than CTPA. When making treatment decisions, clinicians should be aware of the high rate of discordant findings.
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