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(Chest. 1974;66:216-218.)
© 1974 American College of Chest Physicians

Percutaneous Needle Biopsy of the Lung: Report of Two Fatal Complications

Richard Norenberg M.D.1; C. Porter Claxton Jr. M.D.2; and Timothy Takaro M.D.3

1 Resident in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital, Oteen
2 Resident in Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC; now in private practice, Asheville, NC
3 Chief, Surgical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Oteen

Two fatalities following percutaneous lung biopsy are reported. Cause of death was sudden massive endobronchial hemorrhage. The use of a cutting type (Vim-Silverman or Franklin-Silverman) needle is condemned on the basis of (a) review of the other 11 fatalities reported in the literature and (b) morbidity, mortality, and diagnostic yield figures from reported series.




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