Right ventricular perforation: a rare complication of percutaneous lung biopsy.
A 6 mm tear developed in the right ventricle as a complication of a percutaneous lung biopsy. The main causative factor was operator inexperience. A low platelet count may have contributed to the hemopericardium.
Department of Radiology, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Australia.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000473:pathology*