Fatal vascular retroperitoneal injury following bone marrow biopsy

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 246-

  Chamisa, Inchien ^a  

^a Prince Mishyeni Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; LEVOCARDIA; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERITONITIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROPERITONEAL DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SITUS INVERSUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE MARROW; BUTTOCKS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE;

EID: 34247188018     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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