Volume 95, Issue 4, Pages 928-929 (April 1989) Breakage and Detachment of an Abrams Needle in the Pleural Cavity During Performance of a Pleural Biopsy Enriqueta Fité, M.D., Luís Force, M.D., Francesc Casarramona, M.D., Albert Verdaguer, M.D. CHEST Volume 95, Issue 4, Pages 928-929 (April 1989) DOI: 10.1378/chest.95.4.928 Copyright © 1989 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Abrams needles with and without the tip. The arrows show the engaged parts of the trocar. CHEST 1989 95, 928-929DOI: (10.1378/chest.95.4.928) Copyright © 1989 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Normal chest x-ray film except for the intrapleural metal body (arrow). CHEST 1989 95, 928-929DOI: (10.1378/chest.95.4.928) Copyright © 1989 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions