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Baruch Klein, MD; Uri H. Lewinski, MD; Amos M. Cohen, MD; Chaim Chaimoff, MD; Meir Djaldetti, MD

Arch Surg. 1980;115(10):1233-1234.

Abstract
• Percutaneous liver biopsy is a widely used diagnostic procedure. Severe complications accompanying its performance with Menghini's needle are rare. In one patient, a liver abscess developed one month following a diagnostic biopsy. To our knowledge, this unusual complication has not been mentioned in large series reviewing liver biopsy complications.

(Arch Surg 115:1233-1234, 1980)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Medicine "B" (Drs Klein, Lewinski, Cohen, and Djaldetti) and Surgery "A" (Dr Chaimoff), Hasharon Hospital, Petah-Tiqva, Israel, and Tel Aviv (Israel) University Medical School. Dr Djaldetti is an Established Investigator of the Chief Scientist's Bureau, Ministry of Health, Israel.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 14, 1980.

Reprint requests to Department of Medicine "B," Hasharon Hospital, Petah-Tiqva, Israel (Dr Djaldetti).

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