Pneumothorax. A complication of fine needle aspiration of breast tumors.
Of 1,666 patients who underwent fine needle aspiration for breast lumps, 4 developed pneumothorax as a complication. The incidence of this complication in our patients is 1:417. The clinical manifestations were immediate chest pain, shoulder pain and, occasionally, dyspnea that developed later. Observation is sufficient treatment in most patients, and rarely is drainage of the pneumothorax required.
Kaufman
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Department of Surgery B, Meir General Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel.
Shpitz
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Shapiro
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Dinbar
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A
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology