Systemic air embolism as a complication of percutaneous lung biopsy

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2018 Feb 2;79(2):106-107. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2018.79.2.106.

Authors

Aniket N Tavare¹, Anant Patel², Ashish Saini³, Dean D Creer², Samanjit S Hare³

Affiliations

¹ Specialist Registrar, Department of Radiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London NW3 2QH.
² Consultant Respiratory Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London.
³ Consultant Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London.

PMID: 29431489
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2018.79.2.106

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Embolism, Air / etiology*
Humans
Image-Guided Biopsy / adverse effects
Lung / pathology*
Lung Diseases / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / pathology*