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Case Reports
Bilateral Pneumothorax after a Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy for Interstitial Lung Disease.
- Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Tomohisa Baba, Tsuneyuki Oda, Akimasa Sekine, Takashi Niwa, Sho Yamada, Shota Kaburaki, Ryo Nagasawa, Koji Okudela, Tamiko Takemura, Tae Iwasawa, Masamichi Mineshita, and Takashi Ogura.
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan.
- Intern. Med. 2024 Mar 15; 63 (6): 839842839-842.
AbstractWe herein report a case of bilateral pneumothorax after a unilateral transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC). A 73-year-old man with no history of cardiothoracic surgery underwent a TBLC for the reevaluation of interstitial lung disease. Five hours later, he developed bilateral pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and subcutaneous emphysema. He underwent bilateral chest drainage and was discharged 18 days later. The lung biopsy specimens obtained from the TBLC contained visceral pleura and bronchial cartilage, suggesting bronchial injury as the cause of the bilateral pneumothorax.
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