Coronary artery air embolism: a potentially fatal complication of CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy

CT-guided transthoracic lung biopsy is becoming a widely accepted procedure for the diagnosis of pulmonary lesions. The rate of severe complications following such a procedure has been reported. Of these complications, air embolism is the most likely to be fatal. We report a case of right coronary a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	British journal of radiology 2010-04, Vol.83 (988), p.e83-e85
Hauptverfasser:	Cheng, H-M, Chiang, K-H, Chang, P-Y, Chou, Y-F, Huang, H-W, Chou, A S-B, Yen, P-S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aorta Biopsy, Needle - adverse effects Biopsy, Needle - methods Case Report Coronary Vessels Embolism, Air - diagnostic imaging Embolism, Air - etiology Fatal Outcome Humans Lung - pathology Lung Neoplasms - pathology Male Myocardial Infarction - etiology Radiography, Interventional Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	CT-guided transthoracic lung biopsy is becoming a widely accepted procedure for the diagnosis of pulmonary lesions. The rate of severe complications following such a procedure has been reported. Of these complications, air embolism is the most likely to be fatal. We report a case of right coronary air embolism resulting in myocardial infarction after a CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of the lung. The patient died from underlying malignant disease 4 months later.
ISSN:	0007-1285 1748-880X
DOI:	10.1259/bjr/39096533