THIS report concerns injury to the diaphragmatic vessels by the needle used for thoracentesis. Only three cases have been reported, to our knowledge: one by Elkin, 1 another, which will be described ...

A 72-year-old woman with a history of hypertension presented with progressive swelling of the right posterior chest wall that had been present for two days following a diagnostic thoracentesis. She ...

Percutaneous pleural biopsy is a minimally invasive procedure performed to obtain pleural tissue using a pleural biopsy needle. This may be performed untargeted for pleural effusions, or using image ...