title: Retroperitoneal hemorrhage following bone marrow biopsy.
abstract: We report the case of an elderly woman with polycythemia vera submitted to bone marrow biopsy who developed retroperitoneal hemorrhage as a result of direct penetration of the needle through the iliac crest, with damage to the iliolumbar artery, the first branch of the hypogastric artery.
authors.affiliation: II Division of Medicine, General Hospital, Legnano, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luoni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Croci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Paoli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fava
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grimi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tocci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tosi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cassi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries*; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000209:etiology; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D019462:Syncope, Vasovagal / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed