RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Desbaric air embolism during diving: an unusual complication of Osler-Weber-Rendu disease
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP e6
OP e6
DO 10.1136/bjsm.2002.004432
VO 38
IS 4
A1 Hsu, Y-L
A1 Wang, H-C
A1 Yang, P-C
YR 2004
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/38/4/e6.abstract
AB Cerebral manifestations of Osler-Weber-Rendu disease (OWRD, hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia) including telangiectases, venous malformations, and arteriovenous malformations, are usually under-recognised. The highest complication rate is observed in high flow cerebral arteriovenous malformations, which may present with headache, epilepsy, ischaemia, or haemorrhage. Cerebral air embolism during self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) diving as the first manifestation of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) in OWRD patients has never been reported before. Here we report a 31 year old male who presented desbaric air embolism as the first manifestation of PAVM. As far as we know, this is the first such case published in English medical literature.