Pulmonary embolus?: What you are describing is a lung scan. The ratio of ventilation to perfusion is important. With a pulmonary embolus or blood clot there is decreased perfusion when compared to ventilation. With lung disease ventilation is effected more than perfusion. The defect in perfusion suggests a pulmonary embolus and the other tiny sub segmental lesions also are consistent with this.
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