title: [Ultrasound-guided biopsy of focal liver lesions].
abstract: The ultrasound-guided liver biopsy is an important tool to obtain histological samples of suspicious lesions. The technique is effective and complications are rare. After the procedure a standardized monitoring of the patient is necessary. We describe the procedure and the post-interventional monitoring of a liver biopsy step by step.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin, Gastroenterologie, Hämato-Onkologie, Diabetologie und Infektiologie, Ludwigsburg.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin, Gastroenterologie, Hämato-Onkologie, Diabetologie und Infektiologie, Ludwigsburg.
authors.forename: Karel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Caca
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin, Gastroenterologie, Hämato-Onkologie, Diabetologie und Infektiologie, Ludwigsburg.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Klinger
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D061705:Image-Guided Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography