Letter to the Editor
Bilateral pneumothorax: A rare complication of central venous catheter placement for plasmapheresis years after thymectomy
Anjali Gera,
Anjali Gera
Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Search for more papers by this author John Jacobsen,
John Jacobsen
Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Search for more papers by this author Babak Mokhlesi,
Babak Mokhlesi
Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Chicago Medical Center, Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Search for more papers by this author Kourosh Rezania,
Corresponding Author
Kourosh Rezania
Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Correspondence to: Kourosh Rezania, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 2030, Chicago, IL 60637. E-mail:
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Anjali Gera,
Anjali Gera
Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Search for more papers by this author John Jacobsen,
John Jacobsen
Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Search for more papers by this author Babak Mokhlesi,
Babak Mokhlesi
Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Chicago Medical Center, Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Search for more papers by this author Kourosh Rezania,
Corresponding Author
Kourosh Rezania
Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Correspondence to: Kourosh Rezania, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 2030, Chicago, IL 60637. E-mail:
[email protected]Search for more papers by this author
First published: 30 June 2015
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