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Cerebral air embolism arising during a procedure ofthermocoagulation of a bronchial epidermoid carcinomain situ by fiberscopy
Mimy Y. , Nackers P.
Rev Med Liege 2011, 66(2),64-68Abstract : Patient aged 48 years followed for CO PD evo- lutionary stage 3 according to the GOLD classification. In the waning of a unifocal lung, bronchial endoscopy performed to bacteriological referred highlights a squamous cell carcinoma in situ. During an endoscopic re-evaluation and treatment by local thermocoagulation, the patient experienced a massive cerebral embolism. Despite treatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy and resuscitation care, he died in an array of post- anoxic coma and acute renal failure in a tank.
