Thursday, January 11, 2018

What Complications Can Arise From Percutaneous Liver Biopsy?

AGA Journals 
What Complications Can Arise From Percutaneous Liver Biopsy?
A unique complication of portal vein thrombosis after a percutaneous liver biopsy is reported in the January issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Liver biopsies are collected to aid in diagnosis of liver disease and staging of fibrosis, but complications can include pain, bleeding, puncture of another organ, and rare events such as biliary peritonitis, sepsis and shock, bilious pleural effusion, pseudoaneurysm of intercostal artery, and fragmentation of the biopsy needle.

Nicole Boschuetz et al report the case of a 64-year-old woman who had 25 days of dull constant right upper quadrant abdominal pain that began 1 day after a percutaneous liver biopsy. She had previously undergone cholecystectomy and sphincterotomy for reported sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.


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