Diagnosis of pneumothorax by ultrasound immediately after ultrasonically guided aspiration biopsy.
We report two cases of pneumothorax detected by echographic examination immediately after ultrasonically guided aspiration biopsy and confirmed by chest x-ray film. The pneumothorax was characterized by the disappearance of the lung tumor. In the real-time image, the respiratory excursions of the visceral pleura also disappeared.
Targhetta
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Division of Respiratory Disease, Montpellier-Nimes University Hospital, France.
Bourgeois
J M
JM
Chavagneux
R
R
Balmes
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P
D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography