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Case Reports
. 2021 Apr 5;14(4):e240985.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-240985.

Delayed pneumothorax after transbronchial lung biopsy

Stephanie Ibrahim  1   2 , Maria Inez Velez  1   2 , Nilam J Soni  1   3 , Kevin C Proud  4   2   3
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Case Reports

Delayed pneumothorax after transbronchial lung biopsy

Stephanie Ibrahim et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: pneumothorax; respiratory medicine; ultrasonography.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Postprocedure chest X-ray. A chest X-ray acquired approximately 2 hours postprocedure demonstrated a moderate-sized left pneumothorax (arrows).
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