ABSTRACT
CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy is a common procedure for the evaluation of pulmonary and mediastinal lesions. The most frequent complications include pneumothorax, hemorrhage, and hemoptysis. Air embolism especially cerebral embolism is rare but potentially fatal complication after this procedure. Here, we report a case of cerebral air embolism occurred after CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy for the peripheral lung mass.
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Biopsy, Needle , Embolism, Air , Hemoptysis , Hemorrhage , Intracranial Embolism , Lung , Needles , PneumothoraxABSTRACT
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the member of the herpesviridae of virus, which are large DNA viruses that share the biologic properties of latency and reactivation. In patients with advanced acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and those immunocompomised due to bone marrow transplantation or solid organ transplantation, CMV infection is the major cause of morbidity and mortality. CMV pneumonia is the most severe complication of these CMV disease. There have been reported a few cases of CMV interstitial pneumonitis occurring in a patient with SLE after intensive immunosuppressive therapy with prednisolone and cyclophosphamide, and there has been reported a case in Korea. Then we report a case of CMV pneumonia and retinitis occurring in a patient with SLE who was being treated with high dose steroid for 1 month, and was treated with ganciclovir and immunoglobulin.