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Abstract
The most clinically significant complication associated with stereotactic core needle biopsy of the breast is hematoma formation, which only occurs in less than 1% of biopsies and may require treatment. Cases of uncontrollable bleeding, refractory to repeated compression, resulting from biopsy are exceedingly rare. We present a case of catastrophic, uncontrollable bleeding and large hematoma formation resulting from stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy of a breast mass identified in screening mammography. Percutaneous embolization was planned and guided using 3D reconstructions from computed tomographic angiography, and bleeding was successfully controlled with micro-coil embolization.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-20-2021
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.08.053
Repository Citation
Halicek, Martin; Qian, Chenghao; Raissi, Driss; Wang, Xiaoqin; Chornenkyy, Yevgen; Bates, William B.; and Winkler, Michael, "Rapid 3D Reconstruction Guided Embolization for Catastrophic Bleeding Following Vacuum Assisted Breast Biopsy; A Case Report and Review of the Literature" (2021). Radiology Faculty Publications. 36.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/radiology_facpub/36
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Radiology Case Reports, v. 16, issue 11.
© 2021 The Authors
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).