The Endovascular Management of an Iatrogenic Superior Gluteal Artery Rupture Following Bone Marrow Biopsy
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Doriana Ferrara; Donatella Narese; Luca del Guercio; Andrea Padricelli; Umberto Bracale; Flavia Spalla; Claudia De Gregorio
- Source
- Internal Medicine
- Subject
- endovascular treatment
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Aortic Rupture
Biopsy
Iatrogenic Disease
Case Report
Hemorrhage
iatrogenic complication
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Iliac crest
Iliac Artery
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Bone Marrow
Superior gluteal artery
medicine.artery
Internal Medicine
medicine
Humans
Aorta, Abdominal
Retroperitoneal Space
Endovascular treatment
Coil embolization
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Endovascular Procedures
General Medicine
Embolization, Therapeutic
Extravasation
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
bone marrow biopsy
Treatment Outcome
Hemorrhagic complication
superior gluteal artery
Female
Radiology
Bone marrow
business
030215 immunology
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1349-7235
0918-2918
We herein report an uncommon case of a life-threatening retroperitoneal hematoma after a bone marrow biopsy. Two hours after iliac crest bone harvesting, the patient experienced syncope and severe hypotension. Urgent contrast-enhanced computed tomography demonstrated extravasation from the superior gluteal artery. Transcatheter coil embolization was performed successfully, without complications. Life-threatening complications caused by retroperitoneal bleeding after bone marrow biopsy are very rare. There are few reports on the use of endovascular treatment in the management of life-threatening hemorrhagic complications after bone marrow biopsy.