title: [Diagnosis of amniotic embolism by bronchoalveolar lavage].
abstract: A broncho-alveolar lavage performed in a patient who developed pulmonary oedema a few hours after a caesarian section, produced foetal squamae which led to the diagnosis of amniotic fluid embolism.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004619:Embolism, Amniotic Fluid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
vernacular_title: Diagnostic de l'embolie amniotique par lavage broncho-alvéolaire.