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Case Reports
. 2004 Jun;48(2):204-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2004.01297.x.

Fatal paradoxical pulmonary air embolism complicating percutaneous computed tomography-guided needle biopsy of the lung

Rajesh Chakravarti  1 , Virendra Singh, Rethish Isaac, M Joseph John
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Case Reports

Fatal paradoxical pulmonary air embolism complicating percutaneous computed tomography-guided needle biopsy of the lung

Rajesh Chakravarti et al. Australas Radiol. 2004 Jun.

Abstract

A 63-year-old man with left upper zone haziness on chest X-ray and an infiltrative lesion with a pleural mass in the left upper lobe on CT scan was scheduled for CT-guided percutaneous trans-thoracic needle biopsy. During the procedure, the patient had massive haemoptysis and cardiorespiratory arrest and could not be revived. Post-mortem CT showed air in the right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery and also in the left atrium and aorta. A discussion on paradoxical air embolism following percutaneous trans-thoracic needle biopsy is presented.

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