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Bilateral pneumothoraces after unilateral transthoracic needle biopsy of a lung nodule
Shilpa Johri1, David Berlin, Abraham Sanders
1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA.
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|April 10, 2003
Abstract:
The occurrence of pneumothorax after an invasive transthoracic procedure is a well-known complication. Less well-recognized is the occurrence of bilateral pneumothoraces after a unilateral intervention with a potential for life-threatening consequences in patients who have undergone median sternotomies. We present a patient who had undergone a thymoma resection in the remote past and developed bilateral pneumothoraces after undergoing transthoracic needle biopsy of a right lung nodule.