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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2018

Beware of hemopneumothorax following core needle breast biopsy.

Nikos Schizas, Achileas Lazopoulos, Dimitris Krimiotis, Thomas Rallis, Dimitris Paliouras, Apostolos Gogakos, Fotis Chatzinikolaou, Pavlos Sarafis, Philip Domeyer, Paul Zarogoulidis and 10 more

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Article in Respiratory medicine case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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20 authors.

Nikos SchizasThoracic Surgery Department, "Theagenio" Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Achileas LazopoulosThoracic Surgery Department, "Theagenio" Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitris KrimiotisThoracic Surgery Department, "Theagenio" Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Thomas RallisThoracic Surgery Department, "Theagenio" Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitris PaliourasThoracic Surgery Department, "Theagenio" Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Apostolos GogakosThoracic Surgery Department, "Theagenio" Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Fotis ChatzinikolaouPathology Department, "Theagenio" Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Pavlos SarafisNursing Department, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus.
Philip DomeyerHellenic Open University, Cyprus.
Paul ZarogoulidisPulmonary Department-Oncology Unit, "Theagenio" Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Theodora TsioudaPulmonary Department-Oncology Unit, "Theagenio" Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Chrysanthi SardeliObstetric Department, "Saint Luke" Private Hospital, Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Stella Laskou3rd Department of Surgery, "AHEPA" University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Charilaos Koulouris3rd Department of Surgery, "AHEPA" University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Efstathios Pavlidis3rd Department of Surgery, "AHEPA" University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Stylianos Mantalobas3rd Department of Surgery, "AHEPA" University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitris Giannakidis3rd Department of Surgery, "AHEPA" University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Isaak Kesisoglou3rd Department of Surgery, "AHEPA" University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Konstantinos Sapalidis3rd Department of Surgery, "AHEPA" University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Nikos BarbetakisThoracic Surgery Department, "Theagenio" Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Minimal diagnostic procedures are conducted regularly by the radiologists for several lesions within the body. The usual methodology is biopsy with a needle, either fine needle aspiration or core biopsy. The guidance is under CT or U/S. Fine needle aspiration has usually small diameter in comparison to the core biopsy. In any case the radiologist will choose the appropriate method based on the site of the lesion and safety of the patient. Pneumothorax and hemothorax are adverse effects that can be managed either on site with the help of a small catheter, however; there are cases where video-assisted thoracic surgery is needed in order to manage a more severe case. In the current study we present such a case where video-assisted surgery was necessary.

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BreastCore needle breast biopsyVATS

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PMID30013911
PMCPMC6019816

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