CT-guided biopsy of pulmonary nodules: is pulmonary hemorrhage a complication or an advantage?

CT-guided biopsy of pulmonary nodules: is pulmonary hemorrhage a complication or an advantage?

PURPOSEWe aimed to assess the correlation between pulmonary hemorrhage and pneumothorax in computed tomography (CT)-guided transthoracic fine needle aspiration (TTFNA), particularly its possible value as protection against the development of pneumotorax.MATERIALS AND METHODSWe reviewed the CT images...

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Main Authors: Massimo De Filippo, Luca Saba, Mario Silva, Raffaella Zagaria, Giorgio Concari, Rita Nizzoli, Cecilia Bozzetti, Marcello Tiseo, Andrea Ardizzoni, Stefano Lipia, Ilaria Paladini, Luca Macarini, Giampaolo Carrafiello, Luca Brunese, Antonio Rotondo, Cristina Rossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2014-09-01
Series:Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Online Access: http://www.dirjournal.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/ct-guided-biopsy-of-pulmonary-nodules-is-pulmonary/56086

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