RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE FOLLOWING BONE-MARROW BIOPSY

Authors
LUONI M CROCI E DEPAOLI A FAVA S GRIMI E TOCCI A TOSI A CASSI E
Citation
M. Luoni et al., RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE FOLLOWING BONE-MARROW BIOPSY, Haematologica, 79(1), 1994, pp. 70-72
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
Haematologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
03906078
Volume
79
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
70 - 72
Database
ISI
SICI code
0390-6078(1994)79:1<70:RHFBB>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report the case of an elderly woman with polycythemia vera submitte d to bone marrow biopsy who developed retroperitoneal hemorrhage as a result of direct penetration of the needle through the iliac crest, wi th damage to the iliolumbar artery, the first branch of the hypogastri c artery.