ACUTE HEMIPLEGIA CAUSED BY A RETROGRADE CEREBRAL VENOUS AIR EMBOLISM AFTER CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER REMOVAL: AN ILLUSTRATIVE CASE
| Autor: | Philippe G. Jorens, I. Baar, J. B. Vermorken, F. De Belder, P. Specenier, S. van Ierssel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Catheterization Central Venous medicine.medical_specialty Esophageal Neoplasms medicine.medical_treatment Posture Hemiplegia Neurological disorder Venous air embolism Air embolism Central nervous system disease medicine Embolism Air Humans Device Removal Aged Foramen magnum Vascular disease business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Acute Disease Carcinoma Squamous Cell Tomography X-Ray Computed Complication business Central venous catheter |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 2295-3337 1784-3286 |
| Popis: | Central venous catheters are widely used in clinical practice. Air embolism is a rare, but potentially life threatening complication of central venous catheterisation. We describe a case of collapse and transient hemiplegia after removal of central venous catheter. This was accidentally performed with the patient in upright position. A CT scan of the brain demonstrated air in the sinus cavernosus bilaterally and at the posterior wall of the foramen magnum. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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