Cerebral air embolism as a complication of peptic ulcer in the gastric tube: case report

BACKGROUND: The reported incidence of ulcer formation in the gastric tube in esophageal replacement is rare. CASE PRESENTATION: This is the first report of a case of cerebral air embolism as a result of spontaneous perforation of an ulcer in the constructed gastric tube into the pulmonary vein durin...

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Autores principales: Suzuki, Takahisa, Ando, Takafumi, Usami, Akihisa, Shinoda, Masataka, Takashi, Hitomi, Murayama, Mutsumi, Uchiyama, Isako, Morise, Kazuhiro, Endo, Shinya, Haruki, Nobuhiro, Tashiro, Kazuhiro, Goto, Hidemi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22189053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-11-139
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: The reported incidence of ulcer formation in the gastric tube in esophageal replacement is rare. CASE PRESENTATION: This is the first report of a case of cerebral air embolism as a result of spontaneous perforation of an ulcer in the constructed gastric tube into the pulmonary vein during post-operative follow-up in a patient with esophageal cancer. CONCLUSIONS: Cerebral air embolism is a rare complication of penetrating gastric ulcer, but should be considered in patients with a history of esophagectomy with gastric conduit that present with acute neurologic findings.

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