What Are the Two Major Complications of Transbronchial Biopsy

question 21

Multiple Choice

What are the two major complications of transbronchial biopsy?

• A) Uncontrollable coughing and bleeding
• B) Pneumothorax and bleeding
• C) Pneumothorax and coughing
• D) Cardiac arrest and pneumothorax

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Definitions:

Laccolith

A dome-shaped igneous intrusion between rock layers, formed by the injection of magma.

Igneous Feature

A geological structure formed from the solidification of molten rock material, either below (intrusive) or on (extrusive) the Earth's surface.

Batholith

a large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep beneath the Earth's surface.

Deep Batholithic Rocks

Large masses of intrusive igneous rock, originating deep within the Earth's crust, that have solidified from magma over millions of years.