title: A successful case of liver biopsy via the right femoral vein using the Quick-Core biopsy needle.
abstract: A 35-year-old male with ascites and coagulopathy underwent transjugular liver biopsy (TJLB) for severe hepatic dysfunction. However, the acute angle of the inferior vena cava and hepatic veins (HVs) prevented insertion of a 14-gauge inner stiffening metallic cannula into the HV. He then underwent successful liver biopsy by right femoral vein access (transfemoral liver biopsy) using a TJLB device without complications and was pathologically diagnosed with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Kashiwa Hospital, 163-1 Kashiwa-shita, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8567, Japan, kenkichi.m@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kenkichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Michimoto
authors.forename: Kanichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kameoka
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokashiki
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadaoka
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D065626:Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D010690:Phlebography; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed