A CHANGING STRIPE SIGN IN SERIAL PULMONARY PERFUSION IMAGING

A stripe sign in pulmonary perfusion imaging is reported to be predict ive of the absence of pulmonary embolism in the specific area of the s tripe sign, and generally does not change on serial pulmonary perfusio n imaging, The authors present the case of a patient with a stripe sig n that disappeared on serial perfusion imaging without a ventilation a bnormality. A ''changing stripe sign'' may raise suspicion for the pos sible existence of acute pulmonary embolism.