Cerebral Arterial Air Embolism after Diagnostic Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Cerebral Arterial Air Embolism after Diagnostic Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Cerebral arterial air embolism (CAAE) is an extremely rare complication of diagnostic flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy, reported to occur once about every 103978 examinations. In all the eight cases of CAAE reported previously, the patients had undergone transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) or transbro...

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Main Authors:	Keita Maemura, Hidenori Kage, Hideaki Isago, Hideyuki Takeshima, Kosuke Makita, Yosuke Amano, Daiya Takai, Nobuya Ohishi, Takahide Nagase
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7108215

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