Lung perfusion SPECT/CT images associated with COVID-19 — a case series

Lung Perfusion Scintigraphy Early After COVID-19: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

“…were not much investigated (11,12,13). The prevalence of segmental mismatched perfusion defects i.e.…”

Diagnostic importance of lung perfusion/ventilation scans in the evaluation of pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients: systematic review of the literature

“…(2) Matched perfusion defects Matched perfusion defects on SPECT images were found in Cobes, Evboumwan, Kurkowska, Sajal, Tipre, Bonnefoy, and Venegas studies [18,21,24,28,34,38,39]. This pattern can virtually rule out pulmonary embolism as the culprit in the location of these abnormalities.…”

“…There have been eight reports of diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with Q only SPECT CT: Das Jeeban et al [10], Evbuomwan et al [23], Acuna Hernandez et al [15], Fielding et al [26], Kurkowska et al [28], Sajal et al [34], Le Roux et al [29], Ozturk et al [33], and Tan et al All these studies showed that Q-SPECT/CT can be considered as an alternate method for detecting pulmonary embolism and with a high degree of certainty, a normal Q-SPECT/CT ruled out pulmonary embolism [37].…”