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Respiratory medicine · Jun 1999
Delayed chest radiographs and the diagnosis of pneumothorax following CT-guided fine needle aspiration of pulmonary lesions.
- R P Byrd, C Fields-Ossorio, and T M Roy.
- James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN 37684-4000, USA.
- Respir Med. 1999 Jun 1; 93 (6): 379-81.
AbstractWe prospectively studied 64 consecutive patients on whom computerized tomography-guided fine needle aspirations (CT-FNA) of pulmonary lesions were performed to determine whether obtaining a delayed chest radiography (CXR) after CT-FNA is helpful in the diagnosis of post-procedure pneumothorax (PTX). Two of the 64 patients developed a delayed PTX. Only one of the patients with a delayed PTX required chest tube drainage. If patients have no evidence of a PTX immediately after a CT-FNA by CT scan then a delayed CXR adds little to care of these patients.
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