Delayed Pneumothorax: A Potential Complication Of Transbronchial Lung Biopsy

The purpose of this article is to report a case of secondary tension pneumothorax presenting seven weeks post Transbronchial Lung biopsy. A 62 year old male with a known history of germ cell tumor was found to have a left-sided pneumothorax which later complicated to a tension pneumothorax.To the be...

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Main Authors: Naureen Narula, Faraz Siddiqui, Abdul Hasan Siddiqui, Wai C. Man, Michel Chalhoub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007118300200