Outpatient treatment of iatrogenic pneumothorax after needle biopsy.

Purpose: To evaluate prospectively the feasibility of treating iatrogenic pneumothorax after fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of the lung with short-term placement of a small-caliber chest tube and to determine whether a 1-hour clamping trial is adequate to identify patients with persistent air leak.

Materials And Methods: All patients undergoing FNAB of lung masses over a 28-month period were entered into the study. Patients with symptomatic, enlarging, or greater than 30% pneumothorax were treated with an 8-F chest tube.

CT findings in tuboovarian abscess.

Pelvic inflammatory disease with tuboovarian abscess can cause a wide range of radiologic abnormalities. Although the diagnosis of tuboovarian abscess is usually straightforward and is based on clinical and sonographic findings, unusual or unsuspected cases may be confused with other pelvic or abdominal diseases. The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the CT findings in tuboovarian abscess.