Cerebral air embolism resulting in fatal stroke in an airplane passenger with a pulmonary bronchogenic cyst

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 218-221

  Edwardson, Matthew ^a   Wurth, Denise ^a   Lacy, J Matthew ^b   Fink, James ^a   Becker, Kyra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b King County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Airplane; Bronchogenic cyst; Cerebral air embolism; Flight; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; TROPONIN I;

ABSCESS; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AVIATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FATALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG CYST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMATOCELE; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEAKNESS; AIRCRAFT; BAROTRAUMA; INCIDENTAL FINDING; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AIRCRAFT; BAROTRAUMA; BRONCHOGENIC CYST; EMBOLISM, AIR; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66649089896     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-008-9126-3     Document Type: Article

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