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Cytomegalovirus infection with perfusion defects on the lung scan

Cytomegalovirus-Infektion mit Perfusionsdefekten im Lungen-Scan

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A patient with dyspnea, skin rash, hypoxemia and mononucleosis was shown to have acute cytomegalovirus infection. The chest X-ray was normal, but the lung scan showed perfusion defects. Although pulmonary embolism cannot be ruled out, it seems likely that the CMV infection was responsible for the abnormalities observed.

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Bei einem Patienten mit Dyspnoe, Exanthem, Hypoxämie und Mononukleose wurde eine akute Cytomegalovirus-Infektion nachgewiesen. Das Thorax-Röntgenbild war ohne Befund, doch im Lungen-Scan stellten sich Perfusionsdefekte dar. Obwohl Lungenembolien nicht ausgeschlossen werden können, scheint es wahrscheinlich, daß die beobachteten Veränderungen durch CMV-Infektion hervorgerufen wurden.

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Boers, M., Haak, A. Cytomegalovirus infection with perfusion defects on the lung scan. Infection 12, 265–267 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01645957

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