Wu Yueh-Feng, Huang Tsai-Wang, Kao Chung-Cheng, Lee Shih-Chun
Department of Emergency Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Jun;14(6):771-2. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivr116. Epub 2012 Feb 26.
Computed tomography-guided transthoracic lung biopsy is a common clinical procedure for the diagnosis of a broad range of pulmonary pathological conditions. Mild self-limiting pneumothorax and haemoptysis are common complications of this procedure. Air embolism is a potentially life-threatening but extremely rare complication. We report a case of an air embolism in the left ventricle of the heart that developed after a computed tomography-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of the lung. The patient did not exhibit cardiac or cerebral symptoms after conservative treatment. The patient underwent a successful left thoracotomy with a lobectomy of the left lower lobe of the lung 5 days after the biopsy and recovered uneventfully.
计算机断层扫描引导下经胸肺活检是诊断多种肺部病理状况的常见临床操作。轻度自限性气胸和咯血是该操作的常见并发症。空气栓塞是一种潜在危及生命但极其罕见的并发症。我们报告一例在计算机断层扫描引导下经皮肺穿刺活检后发生的左心室空气栓塞病例。经保守治疗后,患者未出现心脏或脑部症状。活检后5天,患者成功接受了左开胸手术及左肺下叶切除术,术后恢复顺利。