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A 27-year-old male commercial diver developed massive mesenteric venous thrombosis following a dive. Symptoms at presentation included abdominal pain and diarrhea. A severe upper gastrointestinal bleed developed. Exploratory laparotomy demonstrated 130 cm of infarcted small bowel. The pathophysiologic events in decompression sickness predispose to vascular obstruction and venous infarction. This patient had a past history of possible thrombophlebitis and pulmonary embolism associated with diving but no identifiable coagulopathy.
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PMID:Mesenteric venous thrombosis as sole complication of decompression sickness. 669 39

This case report describes massive pulmonary embolism in a patient as a complication of decompression illness. Twenty-four hours after a scuba dive, a 50-year-old man developed acute pulmonary hypertension and decompression sickness that produced bilateral embolism in the lung at day 6 of hospitalization. He had no risk factor for pulmonary embolism earlier except smoking. Decompression sickness that RESULTS in formation of bubbles of inert gas is a risk for both aviators and divers. The present case strongly suggests that micro-bubbles may cause life-threatening massive pulmonary embolism.
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PMID:Bilateral massive pulmonary embolism secondary to decompression sickness: a case report. 1800 6

The rapidly increasing diver population may result in any physician being involved in the evaluation and treatment of injuries and disease from skin and scuba diving. The majority of treatments are symptomatic, but pulmonary embolism and decompression sickness are specific emergencies that require immediate recompression. Physicians should know the site of the nearest recompression chamber.
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PMID:Common hazards of sports diving. 2046 92