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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Radiol. 2016 Jan 19;26(10):3483–3491. doi: 10.1007/s00330-015-4200-7

Figure 3. Example CPLB case with transfissural needle path.

Figure 3

Patient with history of colon cancer underwent CPLB of a new right lower lobe lesion with an anterior approach through the right middle lobe. Intraprocedural CT fluoroscopy image (left) with arrows indicating a non-vascular line hyperdense to the lung parenchyma corresponding to the right major fissure. Immediate post biopsy CT fluoroscopic image demonstrates a small anterior pneumothorax. The needle tract is indicated with a dotted arrow. This patient ultimately required a chest tube for just over 3 days.