Compressed air emboli of the aorta and renal artery in blast injury.
A patient with severe blast injury died shortly after his arrival in the emergency room. A massive compressed air embolism of the aorta was found during exploration of the abdominal cavity in order to use the kidneys for transplantation. The post-mortem findings in the kidney were mainly of multiple air spaces in the interstitium compressing the collecting tubules.
D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*