-
Case Reports
Massive cerebral air embolism on ante mortem CT head following pneumothorax in a child with pneumonia.
- Chandrika Azad, Veena Parmar, and Purnima Aggarwal.
- Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, India. chandrika_azad@yahoo.co.in
- J. Trop. Pediatr. 2011 Dec 1;57(6):490-2.
AbstractCerebral air embolism (CAE) is a rarely reported complication of a common condition like pneumothorax, presenting with deterioration of sensorium and cardiovascular instability. We report a case of 3-year-old male who developed pneumothorax after positive pressure ventilation followed by deterioration of sensorium. CT head revealed massive CAE.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..