Cerebral air embolism treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy following percutaneous transthoracic computed tomography-guided needle biopsy of the lung

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 379-383

  Tomabechi, Makiko ^a   Kato, Kenichi ^a   Sone, Miyuki ^a   Ehara, Shigeru ^a   Sekimura, Kenshi ^a   Kizawa, Tetsuya ^a   Kin, Masakado ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air embolism; CT guided needle biopsy; Lung

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; LUNG; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48749098011     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-008-0242-y     Document Type: Article

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