Four Cases of a Cerebral Air Embolism Complicating a Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy

A percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy is a common procedure in the practice of pulmonology. An air embolism is a rare but potentially fatal complication of a percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy. We report four cases of a cerebral air embolism that developed after a percutaneous transthorac...

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Autores principales: Um, Soo-Jung, Lee, Soo-Keol, Yang, Doo Kyung, Son, Choonhee, Kim, Ki Nam, Lee, Ki-Nam, Kim, Yun Seong
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Radiology 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19182507
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2009.10.1.81
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author Um, Soo-Jung
Lee, Soo-Keol
Yang, Doo Kyung
Son, Choonhee
Kim, Ki Nam
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Kim, Yun Seong
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description A percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy is a common procedure in the practice of pulmonology. An air embolism is a rare but potentially fatal complication of a percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy. We report four cases of a cerebral air embolism that developed after a percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy. Early diagnosis and the rapid application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy is the mainstay of therapy for an embolism. Prevention is the best course and it is essential that possible risk factors be avoided.
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spelling pubmed-26471672009-02-25 Four Cases of a Cerebral Air Embolism Complicating a Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy Um, Soo-Jung Lee, Soo-Keol Yang, Doo Kyung Son, Choonhee Kim, Ki Nam Lee, Ki-Nam Kim, Yun Seong Korean J Radiol Case Report A percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy is a common procedure in the practice of pulmonology. An air embolism is a rare but potentially fatal complication of a percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy. We report four cases of a cerebral air embolism that developed after a percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy. Early diagnosis and the rapid application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy is the mainstay of therapy for an embolism. Prevention is the best course and it is essential that possible risk factors be avoided. The Korean Society of Radiology 2009 2009-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2647167/ /pubmed/19182507 http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2009.10.1.81 Text en Copyright © 2009 The Korean Society of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Um, Soo-Jung
Lee, Soo-Keol
Yang, Doo Kyung
Son, Choonhee
Kim, Ki Nam
Lee, Ki-Nam
Kim, Yun Seong
Four Cases of a Cerebral Air Embolism Complicating a Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy
title Four Cases of a Cerebral Air Embolism Complicating a Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy
title_full Four Cases of a Cerebral Air Embolism Complicating a Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy
title_fullStr Four Cases of a Cerebral Air Embolism Complicating a Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy
title_full_unstemmed Four Cases of a Cerebral Air Embolism Complicating a Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy
title_short Four Cases of a Cerebral Air Embolism Complicating a Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy
title_sort four cases of a cerebral air embolism complicating a percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19182507
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2009.10.1.81
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