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British Journal of Radiology (2006) 79, e22-e24
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doi: 10.1259/bjr/33623803
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Case report

Iatrogenic bilateral pneumothorax following unilateral transbronchial lung biopsy

S Findik, MD, FCCP1, L Erkan, MD1 and R W Light, MD, FCCP2

1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey, 2 Vanderbilt University, Pulmonary Disease Program, Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN, USA

Correspondence: Richard W LightMD, Saint Thomas Hospital, 4220 Harding Road, Nashville, TN 37205, USA.

Bilateral pneumothoraces are recognized complications of thoracic procedures in patients who have undergone heart or heart-lung transplantation. Bilateral simultaneous pneumothoraces developing following a unilateral transbronchial lung biopsy in the absence of previous thoracic surgery has not been reported previously.






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