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Nuklearmedizin 2021; 60(03): 249-251
DOI: 10.1055/a-1333-0226
Case Report

Extended perfusion defects in lung perfusion-SPECT/CT in a case of fatal COVID-19 pneumonia

Ausgedehnte Perfusionsdefekte im Lungenperfusions-SPECT/CT in einem tödlichen Fall einer COVID-19-Pneumonie
Clemens Mingels
  Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
,
Bernd Vollnberg
  Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
,
Axel Rominger
  Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
,
Ali Afshar-Oromieh
  Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
,
Ian Alberts
  Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Introduction

A number of publications describe coagulopathy as a sequela of infection with the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), also known as COVID-19 [1]. Although the exact nature of the relationship between severe SARS-CoV-2 infection and thromboembolic disease is yet to be fully clarified [2] the importance of CT-angiography [3] and SPECT/CT to exclude pulmonary embolus (PE) are increasingly recognised [4].



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