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Journal Article
Delayed lethal pulmonary air embolism after a gunshot head injury
2018
Overview
We present a case of a young male patient with a fatal pulmonary air embolism following a penetrating gunshot head injury. He suffered from severe head trauma including a laceration of the superior sagittal sinus. Operative neurosurgical intervention did not establish a watertight closure of the wounds. Eight days after the trauma, the patient suddenly collapsed and died after an attempt to mobilise him to the vertical. Forensic autopsy indicated pulmonary air embolism as the cause of death. Retrospectively, we postulate an entry of air to the venous system via the incompletely occluded wounds and the lacerated superior sagittal sinus while mobilisation to the vertical created a negative pressure in the dural sinus.
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd,BMJ Publishing Group LTD,BMJ Publishing Group
Subject
/ Edema
/ Head Injuries, Penetrating - complications
/ Head Injuries, Penetrating - diagnostic imaging
/ Head Injuries, Penetrating - surgery
/ Humans
/ Male
/ Ostomy
/ Patients
/ Pulmonary Embolism - etiology
/ Sepsis
/ Sinuses
/ Superior Sagittal Sinus - injuries
/ Surgery
/ Trauma
/ Unexpected Outcome (Positive or Negative) Including Adverse Drug Reactions
/ Wounds, Gunshot - complications
