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Symmetrical femoral vein bubble caused by decompression illness
  1. Yutaka Kondo1,
  2. Kiyotaka Kohshi2,
  3. Ichiro Kukita1
  1. 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
  2. 2Emergency Unit, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Yutaka Kondo, Department of Emergency Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan; kondokondou2000{at}yahoo.co.jp

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2011-200991

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