Complication of hemothorax after CT-guided percutaneous biopsy of herniated liver masquerading as a pulmonary mass

Hemothorax is a rare complication of percutaneous needle biopsy in the chest at a rate of 0.092%. Rarer yet is diaphragm injury with herniation of intra-abdominal organs. The patient was a 56-year-old female undergoing evaluation for primary lung cancer diagnosis requiring lung mass biopsy. The larg...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Sweeney, MD, Benjamin Biebel, MD, Bela Kis, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043318304436

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