Iatrogenic pneumothorax following vigorous suctioning of mucus plug during flexible bronchoscopy
Valliappan Muthu1, Inderpaul Singh Sehgal1, Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad1
1Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Abstract:
Flexible bronchoscopy is a commonly performed procedure in pulmonary medicine. The common complications following bronchoscopy include minor bleeding, transient hypoxaemia, pneumothorax and others. Pneumothorax during diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy is mainly encountered after performing transbronchial lung biopsy. Iatrogenic pneumothorax is uncommon when lung biopsy is not performed. Herein, we report the unusual occurrence of pneumothorax following bronchoscopic suctioning while removing a mucus plug.
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