Hepatic capsular avulsion after video-assisted thoracic biopsy of the lung.
We report a life-threatening subcapsular hepatic hemorrhage after VATS, successfully treated with Gelfoam embolization of the right hepatic artery. The postprocedure course was complicated by infarction of the right hepatic lobe.
Division of Interventional Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Michael
M
Johnson
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Michael S
MS
Kent
Division of Transplant Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Khalid
K
Khwaja
Division of Interventional Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: sfaintuc@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Salomao
S
Faintuch
D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D061705:Image-Guided Biopsy; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000009:adverse effects*