EFFECT OF GRAVITY IN PREVENTING A POTENTIAL FALSE-POSITIVE LUNG-SCAN

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BENDER, JM
FINKBENNETT, D
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[1] Department of Nuclear Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073
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10.1097/00003072-199310000-00015
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R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
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1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
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A 72-year-old man with shortness of breath underwent a lung scan to rule out pulmonary emboli. By using the simple principle of gravity, a potentially false-positive lung scan was avoided.
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