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A ventilation/perfusion scintigram is shown. Does the ventilation-perfusion mismatch at the left apex indicate a vascular problem?
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View second image(xr). A portable chest radiograph is shown (although difficult to see on this reproduction,there is a moderate left apical pneumothorax with a chest tube in place).
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