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. 2019 Mar 18;14(3):e0213990. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213990

Fig 1. Complications of CT-guided lung biopsy.

Fig 1

(a) CT-guided lung biopsy with a non-coaxial semi-automated 18 gauge biopsy system of a 9mm right upper lobe nodule which was proved to be bronchogenic carcinoma at pathologic examination. (b) Post-biopsy CT image showed complications in the form of a small pneumothorax 1cm (black arrow), and a new ground-glass opacity along needle tract measuring >2cm in width but sublobar corresponding to grade 2 pulmonary hemorrhage (white arrow).