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case_images: CT image obtained during lung biopsy with the patient in left lateral position and the tip of the guiding needle in the wall of a large cavitary lesion of the right upper lobe.
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case_images: Tempe, USA). The guiding needle was placed 17 mm intrapulmonarily in the dorsal cavity wall and four cutting biopsies in slightly different directions were performed, each with a penetration depth of 22 mm (Figure 1).
case_images: CT image of the brain after lung biopsy with signs of cerebral air embolism, typically visible as subcortical serpentiform formations with negative Hounsfield units.
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case_images: A promptly performed cranial CT scan showed a cerebral air embolism (Figure 2).