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Changes over Time in Intracranial Air in Patients with Cerebral Air Embolism: Radiological Study in Two Cases [PDF]

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2015
Cerebral air embolism can be easily identified on computed tomography (CT) scans. However, changes in the distribution and amount of intracranial air are not well known.
Yoko Kaichi, Shingo Kakeda, Yukunori Korogi, Tomohisa Nezu, Shiro Aoki, Masayasu Matsumoto, Makoto Iida, Kazuo Awai   +7 more
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Cerebral Air Embolism from Angioinvasive Cavitary Aspergillosis [PDF]

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2014
Background. Nontraumatic cerebral air embolism cases are rare. We report a case of an air embolism resulting in cerebral infarction related to angioinvasive cavitary aspergillosis.
Chen Lin, George A. Barrio, Lynne M. Hurwitz, Peter G. Kranz   +3 more
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Retrograde Cerebral Air Embolism in a Patient with Intestinal Necrosis: A Case Report

Balkan Medical Journal, 2017
Background: Cerebral venous air embolism is a severe clinical condition related to an unfavourable outcome in patients with neurological impairment. Cerebral venous air embolism may occur secondarily to arterial or venous interventions.
Onur Taydaş, Mehmet Ruhi Onur, Erhan Akpınar   +2 more
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Multiple small hemorrhagic infarcts in cerebral air embolism: a case report

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Background Cerebral air embolism is a rare cause of cerebral infarction. In cerebral air embolism, T2 star-weighted imaging shows numerous spotty hypointense signals.
Masaya Togo, Taku Hoshi, Ryosuke Matsuoka, Yukihiro Imai, Nobuo Kohara   +4 more
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Cerebral Venous Air Embolism due to a Hidden Skull Fracture Secondary to Head Trauma [PDF]

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2015
Cerebral venous air embolism is sometimes caused by head trauma. One of the paths of air entry is considered a skull fracture. We report a case of cerebral venous air embolism following head trauma.
Ai Hosaka, Tetsuto Yamaguchi, Fumiko Yamamoto, Yasuro Shibagaki   +3 more
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An unusual cause of ischemic stroke - Cerebral air embolism

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2014
Air embolism is a preventable, often undiagnosed but potentially treatable cause of ischemic stroke with a high morbidity and mortality. It is usually iatrogenic ocurring especially in patients in ICU setting.
Vinit Suri, Rohan Gupta, Girraj Sharma, Kunal Suri   +3 more
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Cerebral Arterial and Venous Air Embolism Following Removal of Percutaneous Sheath Introducer

Prague Medical Report
Cerebral air embolism after removal of central venous catheter (CVC) is a rare complication but can lead to fatal outcomes. We report a rare case of both cerebral venous and arterial embolism occurring in a patient with underlying scleroderma-related ...
Sana Ghalib, Biplab K. Saha, Hau Chieng, Scott H. Beegle   +3 more
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A case of retrograde venous air embolism causing cerebral infarction following upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: A novel pathophysiological mechanism

Radiology Case Reports, 2018
The incidence of cerebral infarction following upper gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures is well described in the existing literature, with most mechanisms involving arterial travel of the embolus.
Hasaam H.U. Uldin, MBChB, BSc, Amr A.S. Shabana, MBBCh, MSc, PhD, Osama O.R. Raslan, MD, MBBCh, MSc   +2 more
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Systemic arterial air embolism following computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous lung biopsy: Case series and review of underlying risk factors, treatment and preventive strategies

Clinical Medicine
Background: Systemic arterial air embolism is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication of CT-guided transthoracic lung biopsy. Although rare, it carries significant morbidity due to cerebral and coronary ischaemia.
Maimuna Adamu, Chris Skillicorn, Timothy Stone, Harmesh Moudgil, Chulangani Abayaratne   +4 more
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Cerebral air embolism [PDF]

Neurology, 2003
A 35-year-old man developed tension pneumothorax 2 days after a right upper lobectomy with resection of an aspergilloma. During CT-guided chest tube placement, he suddenly developed decreased responsiveness, conjugate eye deviation …
Timea, Hodics, Italo, Linfante
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