Right ventricular pneumatosis and extensive multi-territory air emboli in an intravenous drug user: a case report.

The presence of multi-territory air emboli has previously been described in the setting of surgery, manipulation of intravascular catheters, pulmonary barotrauma, and in sepsis with gas-forming organisms. It has not previously been reported in intravenous drug use or sterile rhabdomyolysis. Computed tomography imaging and echocardiography are useful to diagnose air emboli and their haemodynamic impact. Our patient's case provides a novel example of multi-territory air emboli in a unique scenario.