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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;59:1010-1011
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Air Embolus Complicating Transthoracic Percutaneous Needle Biopsy

Rose S. Wong, MD, Loren Ketai, MD, R. Thomas Temes, MD, Fabrizio M. Follis, MD, Robert Ashby, MD

Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Accepted for publication August 15, 1994.

Transthoracic percutaneous needle biopsy has become popular for evaluation of pulmonary nodules. However, it is a procedure with morbidity and mortality that is not negligible. In this article, we report massive air embolus complicating needle biopsy in a patient with amyloidosis. A negative biopsy does not exclude malignancy, and if surgical excision will be performed regardless of the result, preoperative assessment using this technique may not be necessary.




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