Retroperitoneal hemorrhage following bone marrow biopsy.
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.
Luoni
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II Division of Medicine, General Hospital, Legnano, Italy.
Croci
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E
De Paoli
A
A
Fava
S
S
Grimi
E
E
Tocci
A
A
Tosi
A
A
Cassi
E
E
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