Life-threatening complication after right renal extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: large hepatic haematoma requiring embolisation of the right hepatic artery.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We present the case of a young female patient who developed a large subcapsular hepatic haematoma following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) administered to a stone in the right kidney. Severe haemorrhagic shock required a partial coiling embolisation of the right hepatic artery.
Medical subject headings
- Embolization, Therapeutic
- Hematoma
- Hepatic Artery
- Lithotripsy
- Liver Diseases
- Nephrolithiasis