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Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Arterial Air Embolism: A Rare but Life-Threatening Complication of Percutaneous Needle Biopsy of the Lung

^a Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
^b Division of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Matsuguma, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center, 4-9-13 Yohnan, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 320-0834, Japan (Email: hmatsugu@tcc.pref.tochigi.jp).

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A 51-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for examination of a nodule on chest roentgenograms. For pathologic diagnosis, a transthoracic needle biopsy of the nodule was performed with computed tomographic, fluoroscopic guidance using an automatic cutting needle (Monopty, 16 gauge; Bard Radiology, Covington, GA). The patient was positioned in a right lateral decubitus . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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