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What are the dangers of having a lung biopsy?
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Various: 1 collapsed lung 2 bleeding 3 death (rare 1 in 10000 for bronchoscopy biopsies).
Answered 10/6/2011
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Safe test: For ct guided lung biopsy there is also risk of pneumothorax, bleeding, and infection. Very rare that someone dies. See radinfo.Org.
Answered 10/4/2013
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See below: The 3 most common issues are: hypoxia - dropping your oxygen pneumothorax - collapsed lung bleeding
Answered 6/5/2017
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