Cerebral Arterial Air Embolism after Diagnostic Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

<div>The same slice of head CT on the day of the onset of CAAE. The arrowheads show the obscureness of the corticomedullary junction. The arrows show the embolization of air bubbles. (a) Displayed with normal brain window settings (window width, 80 Hounsfield Units (HU); window level, 40 HU). (b) Displayed with mediastinal window settings (window width, 250 HU; window level, 40 HU).</div>

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Figure 2: Cerebral Arterial Air Embolism after Diagnostic Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature 