Multiple asymptomatic vascular air embolisms following contrast-enhanced CT scan.
Aina Mardiah ZulkifleMohamed Faisal Abdul HamidPublished in: BMJ case reports (2019)
Vascular air embolism (VAE) is a known complication of contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) scan occurring in venous or arterial circulation with a wide spectrum of presentations. We report a case of a 44-year-old woman with endometrial adenocarcinoma stage IVB complicated with liver abscess and pulmonary embolism who developed VAE following a routine CECT scan after the sixth cycle of chemotherapy. This was an incidental finding and the patient remained asymptomatic throughout. As such, she was treated conservatively and gradually recovered. This case report serves as a reminder that VAE should be considered in patients presenting with unexplained symptoms following this procedure.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- pulmonary embolism
- case report
- dual energy
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance
- inferior vena cava
- image quality
- diffusion weighted imaging
- locally advanced
- minimally invasive
- squamous cell carcinoma
- rare case
- sleep quality
- clinical practice
- rectal cancer
- physical activity
- newly diagnosed