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Pulmonary perfusion defects can be demonstrated with contrast-enhanced dynamic MR perfusion imaging. We present the case of a patient with a pulmonary artery sarcoma who presented with a post-operative pulmonary embolus and was followed in the post-operative period with dynamic contrast-enhanced MR perfusion imaging. This technique allows rapid imaging of the first passage of contrast material through the lung after bolus injection in a peripheral vein. To our knowledge, this case report is the first to describe the use of this MR technique in showing the evolution of peripheral pulmonary perfusion defects associated with pulmonary emboli.
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Received: 27 July 1998; Revision received: 28 October 1998; Accepted: 20 January 1999
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Howarth, N., Beziat, C. & Berthezène, Y. Evolution of pulmonary perfusion defects demonstrated with contrast-enhanced dynamic MR perfusion imaging. Eur Radiol 9, 1574–1576 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050886
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050886