Case Report
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World J Radiol. May 28, 2010; 2(5): 193-196
Published online May 28, 2010. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v2.i5.193
Systemic air embolism after transthoracic lung biopsy: A case report and review of literature
Wessam Bou-Assaly, Perry Pernicano, Ellen Hoeffner
Wessam Bou-Assaly, Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Division, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor VA Health system, MI 48103, United States
Perry Pernicano, A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Room B1-132, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5030, United States
Ellen Hoeffner, Department of Radiology, University Hospital, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Room B2A209G, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5030, United States
Author contributions: Bou-Assaly W reviewed the litterature and wrote the case report; Pernicano P and Hoeffner E reviewed the case report.
Correspondence to: Wessam Bou-Assaly, MD, Clinical lercturer II, Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Division, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor VA Health system, 2215 Fuller Road, MI 48103, United States. wessam@med.umich.edu
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Received: February 1, 2010
Revised: April 14, 2010
Accepted: April 21, 2010
Published online: May 28, 2010
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