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Case Reports
. 1986;11(3):277-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF02035089.

Transcatheter embolization of liver capsule perforation during transvenous liver biopsy

A Braillon, R Revert, A Rémond, M Auderbert, J P Capron
Case Reports

Transcatheter embolization of liver capsule perforation during transvenous liver biopsy

A Braillon et al. Gastrointest Radiol. 1986.

Abstract

Fatal hemoperitoneum due to liver capsule perforation has been reported after transvenous liver biopsy. We report 2 cases of prophylactic embolization of such capsular gap. We propose the following techniques for embolization: detection of liver capsule puncture if the liver biopsy is difficult to perform because the liver is small or moves in ascites; and therapeutic embolization of detected capsular gap.

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