Journal of Medical Cases, ISSN 1923-4155 print, 1923-4163 online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 6, Number 9, September 2015, pages 399-402


Successful Management of a Rare Complication After Percutaneous Native Renal Biopsy

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Axial CT scan of abdomen in arterial phase. There is a left lumbar retroperitoneal hematoma (arrowheads) displacing the kidney anteriorly. A small area of contrast extravasation is seen in posterior abdominal wall suggesting active bleed (black arrow). A tiny area of abnormal arterial blush is also seen in left renal parenchyma suspicious for bleed (white arrow).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Digital subtraction angiogram of left renal artery (A, B). There is a small non-bleeding pseudoaneurysm in a lower pole branch of renal artery (white arrow). This was embolized with coils (black arrow). Superselective digital subtraction angiogram of left 12th intercostal artery (C, D). There is an active bleed from the artery (white arrow) which was successfully embolized with coils (black arrow).