A Case of Fatal Cerebral Air Embolism After Blunt Lung Trauma
| Autor: | Aldo Taddei, Daniele Capano, Michele Scialpi, Mario Gabbrielli, Gianmarco Troiano, Isabella Mercurio, Riccardo Torre |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Embolism Ischemia Autopsy Blunt lung trauma Lung injury Wounds Nonpenetrating Air embolism 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Pathology and Forensic Medicine Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Fatal Outcome 0302 clinical medicine Blunt medicine Embolism Air Humans Nonpenetrating 030216 legal & forensic medicine Tomography Lung Cerebral air embolism Intracranial Embolism business.industry Air Postmortem CT Lung Injury medicine.disease X-Ray Computed Female Tomography X-Ray Computed medicine.anatomical_structure Wounds Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology. 39:61-68 |
| ISSN: | 1533-404X 0195-7910 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/paf.0000000000000375 |
| Popis: | Cerebral air embolism is caused by gas bubbles in the vascular system. These bubbles can cause cerebral ischemia by obstructing encephalic blood vessels. It is frequently associated with blunt and penetrating chest trauma as well as iatrogenic interventions. Lung trauma involving laceration of the respiratory tract, lung parenchyma, and blood vessels may result in direct communication of these structures, driving air or gas into the pulmonary venous system. We report a case of a blunt chest trauma that led to massive arterial air embolism that was possible to recognize with the help of postmortem computed tomographic scan examination. |
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