Liver abscess as a late complication of percutaneous liver biopsy.
Percutaneous liver biopsy is a widely used diagnostic procedure. Severe complications accompanying its performance with Menghini's needle are rare. In one patient, a liver abscess developed one month following a diagnostic biopsy. To our knowledge, this unusual complication has not been mentioned in large series reviewing liver biopsy complications.
D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013492:Suppuration / Q000473:pathology