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

Axial abdominopelvic CT shows air bubbles around the biliary stent and percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage tube (small white arrows). (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.)