Treatment of Massive Systemic Air Embolism During Lung Biopsy

Abstract: Percutaneous needle biopsy of lung lesions is commonly used and is usually regarded as a safe procedure with limited morbidity and extremely rare mortality. Most frequent complications are pneumothoax, pulmonary bleeding and hemoptysis. Other rare complications include systemic air embolus, tumor implantation and empyema. Systemic air emboli are extremely rare with a published incidence of 0.02' from a lung biopsy survey in the United Kingdom to 0.07' in the literature, but are serious and can be fatal. We present a case of massive air embolism occurring during lung biopsy and describe the technique used for immediate treatment.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Treatment of Massive Systemic Air Embolism During Lung Biopsy ; volume:01 ; number:01 ; year:2017 ; pages:33-36
The Arab journal of interventional radiology ; 01, Heft 01 (2017), 33-36

Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
Chamsuddin, Abbas
Ashou, Raja

DOI
10.1055/s-0041-1728967
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022031112171674110692
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Chamsuddin, Abbas
  • Ashou, Raja

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