Aortic air embolus following pulmonary tumor radiofrequency ablation

Roger Stimpson; Suhag Patel; Rohan Shah; Junjian Huang; Sumit Chhadia; Vivek Yedavalli; Mark Saker

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2016.05.020

Aortic air embolus following pulmonary tumor radiofrequency ablation

Roger Stimpson, Suhag Patel, Rohan Shah, Junjian Huang, Sumit Chhadia, Vivek Yedavalli, Mark Saker

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Abstract

Aortic air embolism following a computed tomography (CT) guided percutaneous transthoracic procedure is a rare occurrence, but one that can have dire consequences. We present a case of a 48-year old female diagnosed with aortic air embolism during percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of a pulmonary mass. A large amount of intra-aortic air can be seen on the CT images just before the patient suffered acute cardiac arrest. Although this is a rare occurrence, recognition and management of this complication is important for physicians who perform any percutaneous transthoracic procedures.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	341-343
Number of pages	3
Journal	Radiology Case Reports
Volume	11
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2016.05.020
State	Published - Dec 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Air embolism
CT-guided transthoracic
Hyperbaric therapy
Radiofrequency ablation

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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