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Case Reports
. 2003 Apr;123(4):1297-9.
doi: 10.1378/chest.123.4.1297.

Bilateral pneumothoraces after unilateral transthoracic needle biopsy of a lung nodule

Shilpa Johri  1 , David Berlin, Abraham Sanders
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Bilateral pneumothoraces after unilateral transthoracic needle biopsy of a lung nodule

Shilpa Johri et al. Chest. 2003 Apr.

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.

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