Case Report. Fatal Mediastinal Biopsy: How Interventional Radiology Saves the Day

2. The patient had a chest tube put to drain the hemothorax and ____ the complication.
3. There were two attempts using a semiautomated 18-G biopsy needle yielding a good core from the ____.
5. Image-guided percutaneous biopsy is a quick and well-tolerated procedure and does not commonly require general ____.
6. The ____ stopped immediately post-embolization, evident by post-angiographic run
8. Computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy of the ____ is a common procedure in the radiology department
11. There are many documented cases of pulmonary artery embolization, particularly when dealing with arteriovenous ____ in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia [8]and pseudoaneurysms.
14. Life-threatening pulmonary hemorrhage is a rare complication from a CT-guided ____ biopsy.
15. Common complications of CT-guided lung or mediastinal biopsy includes____, small hematoma, or self-limiting hemoptysis but infrequently fatal.
16. Three hours post biopsy, the patient became ____ with deteriorating vital signs and an urgent CT was carried out.

1. Core needle biopsy is the preferred choice compared with fine needle ____ biopsy, as histopathology is more reliable to characterize the tumor, particularly lymphoma.
4. A repeat CT angio (CTA) study a week later revealed no active bleeding and affected only a small region of the right upper lobe lung ____.
7. embolization of the active arterial bleeder done by the interventional radiology unit can be a life-saving procedure.
9. Patient was pushed to the angiography suite to perform an immediate catheter angiography and ____.
10. Image-guided ____ biopsy is a commonly requested procedure for tissue diagnosis of mediastinal masses.
12. Transcatheter embolization is a well-known procedure for pulmonary artery ____.
13. Multiphase CT can help determine the possible bleeding points, reducing the time in the ____ suite.