RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Delayed Pneumothorax After Bronchoscopy in a Lung Transplant Patient
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP e18
OP e19
DO 10.4187/respcare.01842
VO 58
IS 3
A1 Kwan, Alan C
A1 Pipavath, Sudhakar
A1 Leary, Peter J
A1 Kicska, Gregory
YR 2013
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/58/3/e18.abstract
AB Lung transplant patients commonly undergo transbronchial biopsy to evaluate for rejection. Post-biopsy radiographs are used to exclude pneumothorax, one of the most common major complications. We report a lung transplant patient who developed a pneumothorax 5 months after transbronchial biopsy, with multiple intervening chest computed tomograms documenting that the pneumothorax developed from the biopsy site. This case illustrates that in transplant patients transbronchial biopsy can evolve to pneumothorax several months later, despite normal post-biopsy radiographs.