Needle Fracture during Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Jan 15;193(2):213-4. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201507-1430IM.

Authors

Macarena R Vial^{1

2}, John O O'Connell¹, Horiana B Grosu¹, David E Ost¹, George A Eapen¹, Carlos A Jimenez¹

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; and.
² 2 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Clinica Alemana de Santiago, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.

PMID: 26378480
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201507-1430IM

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration / adverse effects*
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration / instrumentation
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration / methods
Equipment Failure
Foreign Bodies* / diagnostic imaging
Hoarseness / diagnosis
Hoarseness / etiology
Humans
Lymph Nodes / pathology*
Male
Needles / adverse effects*
Positron-Emission Tomography