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Radiol Case Rep
; 13(6): 1093-1096, 2018 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30233735
ABSTRACT
The incidence of cerebral infarction following upper gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures is well described in the existing literature, with most mechanisms involving arterial travel of the embolus. We describe a case of cerebral infarction not explained by previously described mechanisms and detail the proposed occurrence of retrograde venous air embolism causing cerebral infarction following an upper gastrointestinal endoscopic procedure.