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Emergency radiology · Dec 2004
Case ReportsThree-dimensional spiral CT reconstruction in a patient with massive cerebral air embolism.
- Fatih Alper, Mecit Kantarci, Omer Onbas, Adnan Okur, and Naci Ceviz.
- Department of Radiology, Atatürk University, School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey. fatihrad@yahoo.com
- Emerg Radiol. 2004 Dec 1; 11 (2): 87-8.
AbstractCerebral air embolism may be caused by iatrogenic or post-traumatic introduction of air into arterial or venous systems. It is usually revealed by computerized tomography. In this paper, we report a case with thorax trauma and loss of consciousness, in whom cerebral massive air embolism was detected and its distribution was demonstrated by using 3D spiral CT reconstruction. To our knowledge, this is the first case in whom 3D spiral CT reconstruction was used for demonstration of cerebral arterial air embolism.
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