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Chest, Vol 80, 230-232, Copyright © 1981 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Lung abscess complicating transbronchial biopsy of a mass lesion

JT Hsu and CR Barrett Jr

We report a rare complication of transbronchial lung biopsy. A lung abscess developed after transbronchial biopsy of a peripheral mass lesion. Persistent fever, leukocytosis, and roentgenographic evidence of increase in size of the biopsied mass are useful clues for the diagnosis of pneumonia surrounding a tumor.




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