Bacterial pericardial effusion secondary to endobronchial ultrasound guided needle aspiration

© 2024 The Authors. Respirology Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology..

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a widely used procedure in lung cancer diagnosis with few serious complications. We present a rare case of pericardial effusion secondary to EBUS-TBNA. An 80-year-old male with interstitial lung disease, developed a pericardial effusion composed exclusively of oropharyngeal flora following EBUS-TBNA. Bacterial pericardial effusion following EBUS-TBNA has only been reported in the literature seven previous times. The majority of these cases reported a biopsy of the 4R lymph node. This case highlights the potential risk of pericardial effusion when sampling lymph nodes, particularly station 4R, in patients with a high-riding superior pericardial recess.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Respirology case reports - 12(2024), 2 vom: 28. Feb., Seite e01290

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Salwen, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Frechtling, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Chahine, Wadih [VerfasserIn]
Palomino, Jaime [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bronchoscopy
Case Reports
EBUS‐TBNA
Pericardial effusion

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Date Revised 07.02.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/rcr2.1290

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NLM368073769