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Computerized tomography appearance of accidental infusion of air into the venous sinuses
1Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Toronto, Ont., Canada.
Pediatric Neurosurgery
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A needle for intravenous fluid administration in a newborn was accidentally placed in the sagittal sinus and resulted in dural sinus air embolism. CT findings are described and the risks for venous air embolism are discussed.