title: Pulmonary infarction from central venous air embolism mimicking round pneumonia.
abstract: A 49-year-old man with an 11 year history of dilated cardiomyopathy presented with a worsening of symptoms associated with an upper respiratory tract infection. During his hospitalisation, a central venous catheter (CVC) was inserted and this was complicated by pulmonary infarct from an air embolism. The infarct had the appearance of a round pneumonia on radiography. The patient died one week after the CVC insertion from cardiogenic shock and multi-organ failure.
authors.affiliation: National Taiwan University Hospital, Cardiology, Internal Medicine, No 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan, Province of China.
authors.forename: Lung-Chun
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Shih-Chi
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Ku