Image of the month. Massive cerebral air embolism during esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010 Feb;8(2):A20. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.03.008. Epub 2009 Mar 21.

Authors

Marco Vinetti¹, Sophie De Roock, Philippe Hantson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Intensive Care, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 19306948
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.03.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging
Embolism, Air / diagnosis*
Embolism, Air / pathology
Endoscopy, Digestive System / adverse effects*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Intracranial Embolism / diagnosis*
Intracranial Embolism / pathology
Middle Aged
Radiography
Tomography