All issues > Volume 31(12); 1988

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1988;31(12):1663-1668. Published online December 31, 1988.

Two Cases of Chronic Bronchitis in Children Who Showed Perfusion Defects at the Base of Lung.

Hyeon Soo Lee¹, Kyu Earn Kim¹, Ki Young Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Received: March 17, 1988;  Accepted: July 1, 1988.

Abstract

We experienced two cases of chronic bronchitis in 9 4/12 year female & 10 year old male who were admitted at department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Yonsei University. In which all laboratory findings including chest X-ray were normal, but on the scitiscan perfusion defects were noted at the base of lung and clinically improved accociated with disappearance of perfusion defects ossurred after treatment. The lung perfusion scan is thought as a beneficial method for the evaluation for the diagnbosis & progression of chronic bronchitis and we thought to need further study on this aspect.

Keywords :Chronic bronchitis, Lung perfusion scan.