title: Post-traumatic cerebral air embolism. Case report.
abstract: A case of post-traumatic cerebral air embolism is presented. In the chest-X-radiography fractures of many ribs and hemo-pneumothorax were visible on the right side associated with intra-alveolar, interstitial hemorrhages and mediastinal emphysema. At the end of a CT scan of the head appeared features of arterial air embolism. The patient was diagnosed as brain dead and cardiac arrest occurred one hour after.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, University School of Medicine, Ospedale CTO, Napoli, Italia.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Muras
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bonsignore
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cesaro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frascadore
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Bernini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000209:etiology; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology