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. 1988 Dec;43(12):1013–1014. doi: 10.1136/thx.43.12.1013

Bleeding as a complication of fine needle lung biopsy.

T Doyle 1, M Mullerworth 1
PMCID: PMC461620  PMID: 3238632

Abstract

Two patients in whom bleeding into the pleural space was a major complication of fine needle biopsy of the lung are described. Both had a pleural effusion before biopsy.

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