title: [Air embolism at the pleurodesis for air leakage after pulmonary resection].
abstract: A 61-year-old female who was diagnosed with right lung cancer had right lower lobectomy by videoassisted thoracic surgery in June 2010. At the 7th post operative day( 7POD), the patient complained of dyspnea and chest X-ray showed right pneumothorax which was successfully treated by closed drainage and pleurodesis. Since then repeated right pneumothorax appeared and the same procedures were chosen for treatment. In September 2010, just after the pleurodesis for the 3rd time event, she lost consciousness. Brain computed tomography (CT) demonstrated air density area in bilateral internal carotid arteries and right parietal lobe, establishing the diagnosis of air embolism which was successfully treated by hyperbaric oxygen treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Togo
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: Masahide
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arima
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maruhama
mesh_terms: D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D018700:Pleurodesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications