• BMJ case reports · Jan 2013

    Case Reports

    Fatal cerebral air embolism following endoscopic evaluation of rectal stump.

    • Chwanrow Karim Baban, Michael Murphy, Tony Hennessy, and Deirdre O'Hanlon.
    • Department of Surgery, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
    • BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Jan 1; 2013.

    AbstractA 63-year-old man underwent endoscopic evaluation of the rectal stump for rectal bleeding and suffered a massive cerebral air embolism with severe neurological impairment and subsequent death. The patient underwent a Hartmann's procedure 9 month previously for ischaemic bowel and was noted to have portal hypertension at laparotomy. We hypothesise that air entered the venous plexus around rectum and entered the azygos vein via a porto-systemic shunt and travelled retrogradely via the superior vena cava to the venous sinuses of the brain.

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