Intramural hematoma of the pulmonary artery and hemopneumomediastinum after endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration

Maribel Botana-Rial; Manuel Núñez-Delgado; Abel Pallarés-Sanmartín; Virginia Leiro-Fernández; Cristina Represas Represas; Ana Isabel González Silva; Alberto Fernández-Villar

doi:10.1159/000332925

Intramural hematoma of the pulmonary artery and hemopneumomediastinum after endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration

Respiration. 2012;83(4):353-6. doi: 10.1159/000332925. Epub 2011 Nov 29.

Authors

Maribel Botana-Rial¹, Manuel Núñez-Delgado, Abel Pallarés-Sanmartín, Virginia Leiro-Fernández, Cristina Represas Represas, Ana Isabel González Silva, Alberto Fernández-Villar

Affiliation

¹ Bronchopleural Techniques Unit, Pulmonology Service, Respiratory and Infectious Disease Research Group, Biomedical Research Institute, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain.

PMID: 22133667
DOI: 10.1159/000332925

Abstract

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a safe and effective technique for the sampling of mediastinal and hilar adenopathies. We describe the first reported case of pulmonary artery intramural hematoma after EBUS-TBNA puncture of this artery. The complication was visualized by ultrasound and resolved spontaneously.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Angiography / methods
Biopsy, Fine-Needle / adverse effects*
Bronchoscopy / adverse effects
Bronchoscopy / methods
Endosonography / adverse effects*
Endosonography / methods
Follow-Up Studies
Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
Hematoma / etiology*
Hemopneumothorax / diagnostic imaging
Hemopneumothorax / etiology*
Hemopneumothorax / physiopathology
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
Pulmonary Artery / injuries*
Remission, Spontaneous
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods