Two cases of lethal complications following ultrasound-guided percutaneous fine-needle biopsy of the liver

被引:31
作者
Drinkovic, I [1 ]
Brkljacic, B [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ZAGREB, UNIV HOSP MERKUR, SCH MED, CTR ULTRASON,DEPT RADIOL, ZAGREB 10000, CROATIA
关键词
ultrasound; liver biopsy; lethal complications;
D O I
10.1007/BF02570192
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R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Two cases with lethal complications are reported among 1750 ultrasound (US)-guided percutaneous fine-needle liver biopsies performed in our department. The first patient had angiosarcoma of the liver which was not suspected after computed tomography (CT) and US studies had been performed. The other patient had hepatocellular carcinoma in advanced hepatic cirrhosis. Death was due to bleeding in both cases. Preprocedure laboratory tests did not reveal the existence of major bleeding disorders in either case. Normal liver tissue was interposed in the needle track between the liver capsule and the lesions which were targeted.
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