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Delayed life-threatening hemorrhage after transrectal prostate needle biopsy
R A Petroski1, G L Griewe, N S Schenkman
1Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia 20307-5001, USA.
Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases
|June 14, 2003
Abstract:
Minor hematochezia after transrectal ultrasound and prostate needle biopsy is well reported. We present a case report of a 64-yr-old man on aspirin and with poorly controlled hypertension who developed severe hematochezia requiring blood transfusion. The bleeding was stopped with digital compression. The literature on hemorrhagic complications after prostate needle biopsy is reviewed.