Systemic air embolism after percutaneous computed tomography-guided lung biopsy due to a kink in the coaxial biopsy system: a case report

BACKGROUND: Systemic air embolism is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous computed tomography (CT)-guided lung biopsy. The incidence might be underestimated because of failure to diagnose this adverse event in asymptomatic patients; early recognition is difficult. CAS...

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Autores principales: Chang, Hsu-Chao, Yang, Mei-Chen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29374459
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12880-018-0245-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29374459
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12880-018-0245-9

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