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Case Report
An Autopsy Case of Asphyxia Caused by Uncontrolled Hemorrhage Following Transbronchial Lung Biopsy
Author(s): Mayumi Watanabe, Kana Unuma, Yohsuke Makino, Ayumi Komatsu, Atsushi Yamada, Hisashi Nagai and Koichi UemuraMayumi Watanabe, Kana Unuma, Yohsuke Makino, Ayumi Komatsu, Atsushi Yamada, Hisashi Nagai and Koichi Uemura
Bronchoscopy is an important technique and flexible bronchoscopy procedures are considered comparatively safe. Notwithstanding, we here describe a woman who died of asphyxia caused uncontrolled hemorrhage following transbronchial lung biopsy. A medico-legal autopsy disclosed a small wound with clotted blood at the point of the transbronchial lung biopsy. The right lung was filled with a large volume of blood. Other organs showed no significant findings. Thus, this woman died from asphyxia associated with uncontrolled hemorrhage from the site of a transbronchial lung biopsy. We believe that our case is very instructive for safety bronchoscopy procedures... Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2472-1247.1000117
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