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Graves Disease/complications , Intracranial Thrombosis/etiology , Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial/diagnosis , Venous Thrombosis/etiology , Adolescent , Graves Disease/diagnosis , Graves Disease/drug therapy , Humans , Hyperthyroidism , Intracranial Thrombosis/diagnostic imaging , Ischemic Stroke , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Methimazole/therapeutic use , Precipitating Factors , Treatment Outcome , Venous Thrombosis/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The first description of performing a new diagnostic procedure, cryobiopsy, in lung transplant recipients in Poland. METHODS: Three cases of patients after lung transplantation were analyzed in context of the procedure of cryobiopsy, which was performed in a hybrid room with a bronchoscopic video track and C-arm radiograph. Patients were subjected to complete anesthesia and intubated. Two or three sections with an average diameter of 5 mm were collected. RESULTS: The sections were large and fully diagnostic. In all 3 described cases they brought a decisive element into diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: Cryobiopsy is a useful tool in the differential diagnosis of lesions and complications that occur after lung transplantation.