A Case of Cerebral Air Embolism Occurred after CT-guided Transthoracic Needle Biopsy.

Yang, Doo Kyung; Lee, Soo Keol; Suh, Sung Wan; Sohn, You Jeong; Kim, Kyoung Tae; Yoo, Jung Nam; Kim, Jong Kuk; Roh, Mee Sook; Choi, Pil Jo; Kim, Ki Nam; Lee, Ki Nam; Son, Choon Hee

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2004;57(5):480-483.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2004.57.5.480 Published online November 1, 2004.

A Case of Cerebral Air Embolism Occurred after CT-guided Transthoracic Needle Biopsy.

Doo Kyung Yang, Soo Keol Lee, Sung Wan Suh, You Jeong Sohn, Kyoung Tae Kim, Jung Nam Yoo, Jong Kuk Kim, Mee Sook Roh, Pil Jo Choi, Ki Nam Kim, Ki Nam Lee, Choon Hee Son

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. chshon@daunet.donga.ac.kr
²Department of Neurology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
³Department of Pathology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
⁴Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
⁵Department of Radiology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy is a common procedure for the evaluation of pulmonary and mediastinal lesions. The most frequent complications include pneumothorax, hemorrhage, and hemoptysis. Air embolism especially cerebral embolism is rare but potentially fatal complication after this procedure. Here, we report a case of cerebral air embolism occurred after CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy for the peripheral lung mass.

Key Words: cerebral air embolism, transthoracic needle biopsy