title: Diagnosis of pneumothorax by ultrasound immediately after ultrasonically guided aspiration biopsy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Disease, Montpellier-Nimes University Hospital, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Targhetta
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chavagneux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balmes
mesh_terms: 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