title: Bilateral pneumothoraces after unilateral transthoracic needle biopsy of a lung nodule.
abstract: The occurrence of pneumothorax after an invasive transthoracic procedure is a well-known complication. Less well-recognized is the occurrence of bilateral pneumothoraces after a unilateral intervention with a potential for life-threatening consequences in patients who have undergone median sternotomies. We present a patient who had undergone a thymoma resection in the remote past and developed bilateral pneumothoraces after undergoing transthoracic needle biopsy of a right lung nodule.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Shilpa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johri
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berlin
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000473:pathology*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*