Severe haemorrhage from a lumbar artery as a complication of percutaneous renal biopsy.
A patient is described with severe haemorrhage from a lumbar artery following percutaneous renal biopsy. The exact source of haemorrhage in this previously unreported complication proved difficult to locate even at surgical exploration.
D001158:Arteries; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged