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Angiology
Data on angiology described by researchers at University of Arkansas
July 1st, 2008
According to a study from the United States, " Airembolism without obvious trauma or surgery is rare. Case report. Four years after resection of a non-small cell lung cancer, a 57-year-old man presented with recurrent episodes of sudden onset neurological deficits." "Head computer tomographic (CT) scans suggested air embolism, and further investigations showed a potential anastomosis between a pulmonary air cavity and a pulmonary vein. He was treated surgically by debridement of the bronchovascular bundles surrounding the air cavity. The patient had no further neurologic deficits during 10 months of post-surgical follow-up," wrote R. Gardner and colleagues, University...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-07-01)
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