Pneumatic-aorta: an unusual aetiology for stroke

The following report describes a case in which air in the aorta led to stroke from cerebral emboli in a patient with distal oesophageal cancer. The patient presented with clinical features of a right-sided stroke. Computed tomography scans revealed air in the ascending aorta and brachiocephalic arte...

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Autores principales: Mazhar, Khurum, Narain, Aditya, Mohamed, Saifullah, Patel, Akshay J, Abid, Qamar, Bouras, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7332284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32665833
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa193
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author Mazhar, Khurum
Narain, Aditya
Mohamed, Saifullah
Patel, Akshay J
Abid, Qamar
Bouras, George
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description The following report describes a case in which air in the aorta led to stroke from cerebral emboli in a patient with distal oesophageal cancer. The patient presented with clinical features of a right-sided stroke. Computed tomography scans revealed air in the ascending aorta and brachiocephalic artery as a result of an oesophago-atrial fistula. The patient deteriorated and died soon after hospital admission despite conservative measures successfully dissipating the air. When encountered, emergent treatment of the underlying cause should be addressed but the outcome remains poor.
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spelling pubmed-73322842020-07-13 Pneumatic-aorta: an unusual aetiology for stroke Mazhar, Khurum Narain, Aditya Mohamed, Saifullah Patel, Akshay J Abid, Qamar Bouras, George J Surg Case Rep Case Report The following report describes a case in which air in the aorta led to stroke from cerebral emboli in a patient with distal oesophageal cancer. The patient presented with clinical features of a right-sided stroke. Computed tomography scans revealed air in the ascending aorta and brachiocephalic artery as a result of an oesophago-atrial fistula. The patient deteriorated and died soon after hospital admission despite conservative measures successfully dissipating the air. When encountered, emergent treatment of the underlying cause should be addressed but the outcome remains poor. Oxford University Press 2020-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7332284/ /pubmed/32665833 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa193 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa193
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