Um Soo Jung, Lee Soo Keol, Yang Doo Kyung, Son Choonhee, Kim Ki Nam, Lee Ki Nam, Kim Yun Seong
Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Korean J Radiol. 2009 Jan-Feb;10(1):81-4. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2009.10.1.81.
A percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy is a common procedure in the practice of pulmonology. An air embolism is a rare but potentially fatal complication of a percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy. We report four cases of a cerebral air embolism that developed after a percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy. Early diagnosis and the rapid application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy is the mainstay of therapy for an embolism. Prevention is the best course and it is essential that possible risk factors be avoided.
经皮经胸针吸活检是肺科实践中的常见操作。空气栓塞是经皮经胸针吸活检罕见但可能致命的并发症。我们报告了4例经皮经胸针吸活检后发生脑空气栓塞的病例。早期诊断并迅速应用高压氧治疗是栓塞治疗的主要方法。预防是最佳措施,必须避免可能的危险因素。