Air embolism after transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: A case report

A 76‐year‐old woman underwent transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) and transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) for examination of interstitial infiltrates. After the examination, the patient's consciousness became clouded, and head computed tomography showed an air embolus. She was started on 100% o...

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Autores principales: Kawataki, Masanori, Nakanishi, Yosuke, Niwa, Takashi, Ishida, Tadashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2022
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9452898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36090020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.1038
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author Kawataki, Masanori
Nakanishi, Yosuke
Niwa, Takashi
Ishida, Tadashi
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description A 76‐year‐old woman underwent transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) and transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) for examination of interstitial infiltrates. After the examination, the patient's consciousness became clouded, and head computed tomography showed an air embolus. She was started on 100% oxygen, and her consciousness improved, but she remained hemiplegic on the left side and dysphagic. Vascular air embolism (VAE) is a rare but serious complication. Although cases of VAE have been reported with conventional transbronchial forceps biopsy, cases of VAE after TBLC are quite rare, and thus this case is reported.
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spelling pubmed-94528982022-09-10 Air embolism after transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: A case report Kawataki, Masanori Nakanishi, Yosuke Niwa, Takashi Ishida, Tadashi Respirol Case Rep Case Reports A 76‐year‐old woman underwent transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) and transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) for examination of interstitial infiltrates. After the examination, the patient's consciousness became clouded, and head computed tomography showed an air embolus. She was started on 100% oxygen, and her consciousness improved, but she remained hemiplegic on the left side and dysphagic. Vascular air embolism (VAE) is a rare but serious complication. Although cases of VAE have been reported with conventional transbronchial forceps biopsy, cases of VAE after TBLC are quite rare, and thus this case is reported. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2022-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9452898/ /pubmed/36090020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.1038 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Respirology Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Kawataki, Masanori
Nakanishi, Yosuke
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Air embolism after transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: A case report
title Air embolism after transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: A case report
title_full Air embolism after transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: A case report
title_fullStr Air embolism after transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Air embolism after transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: A case report
title_short Air embolism after transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: A case report
title_sort air embolism after transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: a case report
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9452898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36090020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.1038
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