Intrahepatic artery pseudoaneurysm: A possible complication of blind thoracentesis

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 151-155

  Zironi, Gianni ^a   Piscaglia, Fabio ^b   Gaiani, Stefano ^b   Masi, Livia ^b   Bolondi, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interventional procedures, complication; Pseudoaneurysm; Thoracentesis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THORACOCENTESIS;

AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PUNCTURES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0032974879     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199903/04)27:3<151::AID-JCU9>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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