Cerebral air embolism as a complication of peptic ulcer in the gastric tube: case report

BMC Gastroenterology

Case Report

Kazuhiro Morise¹  Takafumi Ando¹  Hidemi Goto¹  Takahisa Suzuki²  Masataka Shinoda³  Isako Uchiyama³  Akihisa Usami³  Hitomi Takashi³  Mutsumi Murayama³  Shinya Endo³  Kazuhiro Tashiro⁴  Nobuhiro Haruki⁵ 

[1] Department of Gastroenterology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine. (65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku), (466-8550), Nagoya City, Aichi, Japan;Department of Gastroenterology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine. (65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku), (466-8550), Nagoya City, Aichi, Japan;Department of Gastroenterology, Toyota Memorial Hospital. (1-1, Heiwa-cho), (471-8513), Toyota City, Japan;Department of Gastroenterology, Toyota Memorial Hospital. (1-1, Heiwa-cho), (471-8513), Toyota City, Japan;Department of Pathology, Toyota Memorial Hospital, (1-1, Heiwa-cho), (471-8513), Toyota City, Japan;Department of Surgery, Toyota Memorial Hospital, (1-1, Heiwa-cho), (471-8513), Toyota City, Japan;

关键词: Esophageal Cancer;    Pulmonary Vein;    Gastric Tube;    Delayed Gastric Emptying;    Gastric Conduit;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-230X-11-139

 received in 2011-06-30, accepted in 2011-12-21,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe reported incidence of ulcer formation in the gastric tube in esophageal replacement is rare.Case PresentationThis is the first report of a case of cerebral air embolism as a result of spontaneous perforation of an ulcer in the constructed gastric tube into the pulmonary vein during post-operative follow-up in a patient with esophageal cancer.ConclusionsCerebral air embolism is a rare complication of penetrating gastric ulcer, but should be considered in patients with a history of esophagectomy with gastric conduit that present with acute neurologic findings.

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