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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Almas ET
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6157385 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Respiratory medicine case reports 20180920
Flexible fibreoptic bronchoscopy with fine needle aspiration is a common procedure, useful in the diagnosis and assessment of lung disease. There are known complications associated with such a procedure that are well documented in the literature. However, there are only four cases of air embolus following fine needle aspiration during bronchoscopy described in the literature. Due to the varying clinical manifestations of the complication, it remains underrecognized by the clinical community and ...[more]