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Hello. i am having a fna perform on wed to check on my nodes in my chest. should i be worried about the procedure? is it safe? thank you.
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Generally safe: Fine needle aspirations are generally safe. They involve one or more passes of a needle through an area that is to be sampled. I assume that this is in the lung fields are not on the chest wall. One potential complication is called a pneumothorax where air can get introduced into the space between the long and the chest wall.
Answered 12/9/2013
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