Hemothorax as a complication of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy

Haruhiko Michimata; Toshiyuki Sumi; Yoshiko Keira; Daiki Nagayama; Yuta Koshino; Hiroki Watanabe; Yuichi Yamada; Yusuke Tanaka; Hirofumi Chiba

doi:10.1002/rcr2.1034

Hemothorax as a complication of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy

Respirol Case Rep. 2022 Sep 5;10(10):e01034. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.1034. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Authors

Haruhiko Michimata^{1

2}, Toshiyuki Sumi^{1

2}, Yoshiko Keira³, Daiki Nagayama^{1

2}, Yuta Koshino^{1

2}, Hiroki Watanabe¹, Yuichi Yamada¹, Yusuke Tanaka², Hirofumi Chiba²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonary Medicine Hakodate Goryoukaku Hospital Hakodate Japan.
² Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine Sapporo Japan.
³ Department of Surgical Pathology Hakodate Goryoukaku Hospital Hakodate Japan.

Abstract

There are more complications in transbronchial lung cryobiopsy than in a conventional transbronchial lung biopsy. Respiratory endoscopists should be aware of the potential complications, including rare complications such as hemothorax.

Keywords: computed tomography; hemothorax; intravascular lymphoma; transbronchial lung cryobiopsy.