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SELECTED REPORTSPercutaneous Needle Biopsy of the Lung: Report of Two Fatal Complications
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CASE REPORTS
Case 1 was a 51-year-old man admitted to Oteen Veterans Administration Hospital for evaluation of a chronic productive cough of three months’ duration and an abnormal chest x-ray film. He denied hemoptysis, but admitted to a 15-pound weight loss. He had smoked two packs of cigarettes per day for 40 years.
The patient was asthenic on physical examination without cyanosis or labored respiration. His vital signs were normal and he was afebrile. Breath sounds were decreased in the right upper chest
DISCUSSION
Three different techniques for percutaneous lung biopsy have evolved since its introduction in the early 1800's by Leyden10 in Germany and Menetrier11 in France.
The first technique utilizes a fine gauge aspirating needle and relies on cytologic interpretation of small amounts of tissue. It has been used extensively in Scandinavia and Canada with few serious complications. Dahlgren and Lind12 report more than 3000 biopsies with no fatalities. Limitations of this method include the inability to
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An Overview of Percutaneous CT-Guided Lung Biopsies
2018, Journal of Radiology NursingCitation Excerpt :The procedure enjoyed an early period of success in the diagnosis of focal malignant, focal benign, and diffuse pulmonary disease (Youmans, de Groot, Marshall, Morettin, & Derrick, 1970; Zavala & Bedell, 1972). Unfortunately, series of reported fatalities during the 1960s and 1970s mainly because of pneumothorax and hemorrhage cast core biopsies into disfavor as compared with fine needle aspirate (Meyer, Ferrucci, & Janower, 1970; Norenberg, Claxton, & Takaro, 1974). CT-guided lung biopsies were first reported in the literature by Haaga and Alfidi (1976).
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