title: Hemorrhage from lumbar artery following percutaneous renal biopsy.
abstract: We present a 58-year-old lady who underwent ultrasound-guided renal biopsy for suspected acute glomerulonephritis. Within minutes, the radiologist noticed an echogenic band around left kidney and in the muscular planes. Computerized tomography revealed focal active contrast extravasation from arcuate or interlobular artery in lower pole of left kidney and lumbar artery at third lumbar vertebra. The bleeding vessel was occluded with gelfoam.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: B Vijayalakshmi
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Devi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: B Sangeetha
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Lakshmi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Supraja
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vanajakshmma
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ram
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rajasekhar
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Lakshmi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sivakumar
keywords: Kidney biopsy; hemorrhage; lumbar artery