title: [Fatal complication of fine-needle biopsy of the liver].
abstract: A 62-year-old woman with cirrhosis of the liver was suspected of also having a primary liver-cell carcinoma. After puncture of a circumscribed liver process with a biopsy fine-needle there occurred massive bleeding which could not be surgically stopped, and the patient died. This was the first fatal outcome among 2760 fine-needle punctures in the author's personal series (0.036%).
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik des St. Marienkrankenhauses, Ludwigshafen.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schöll
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000401:mortality*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Tödliche Komplikation einer Feinnadelbiopsie der Leber.