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Massive cerebral air embolism following percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (pulmonary CT)

Pulmonary CT angiography reveals large filling defects in the left main and left lobar (upper and lower) pulmonary arteries (arrows), consistent with pulmonary thromboembolism. (Source: Lee JH, Lee HY, Lim MK, Kang YH. Massive cerebral air embolism following percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage: a case report. Medicine [Baltimore]. 2021;100[52]:e28389. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License [CC BY 4.0], https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)