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Inactive tuberculosis cavity responsible for fatal cerebral air embolism

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  1. Department of Emergency and Medical Intensive Care, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 5 place d'Arsonval, 69437, Lyon cedex 03, France

    Tristan Ferry, Laurent Argaud & Dominique Robert

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France

    Bertrand Delafosse

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Ferry, T., Argaud, L., Delafosse, B. et al. Inactive tuberculosis cavity responsible for fatal cerebral air embolism. Intensive Care Med 32, 622–623 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0091-z

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