Retrograde Cerebral Air Embolism in a Patient with Intestinal Necrosis: A Case Report

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TAYDAŞ O., ONUR M. R., AKPINAR E.

BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.34, no.4, pp.371-373, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 34 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.4274/balkanmedj.2016.0292
  • Journal Name: BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.371-373
  • Keywords: Mesenteric ischaemia, air embolism, necrosis, multidetector computed tomography, VENOUS CATHETER
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Cerebral venous air embolism is a severe clinical condition related to an unfavourable outcome in patients with neurological impairment. Cerebral venous air embolism may occur secondarily to arterial or venous interventions. A rare mechanism of cerebral venous air embolism is retrograde embolism, which is characterized by gas flow in a direction that is opposite to that of the normal blood flow.