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A 70-year-old female with an enlarging lung mass. (A) The patient underwent CT needle guided biopsy. (B) The biopsy was complicated by bilateral pneumothoraces (black arrows), known as a buffalo pneumothorax. The patient was treated with a chest tube and required hospitalization for several days before the chest tube could be removed. Bilateral pneumothoraces can be present in patients with incomplete pleural fusion.
