Percutaneous lung biopsy |
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| Authors: | D. A. ROCKE |
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| Affiliation: | D.A. Rocke MRCP, FFA (SA), Senior Registrar, Department of Anasthetics, The Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London WI. |
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| Abstract: | A case is reported in which percutaneous lung biopsy was followed by haemorrhage into the tracheobronchial tree. Hypoxia followed, precipitating a cardiac arrest. The haemorrhage was isolated by the insertion of a double-lumen tube. Complications arising from this method of biopsy are reviewed and the measures necessary to control the potentially fatal problems are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Lung biopsy Complications haemorrhage |
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