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Published on: March 30, 2015
Extensive renal infarction following percutaneous biopsy of a small renal mass: A case report
Samuel Abourbih1, Saad Aldousari, Fadi Brimo
1Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC;
Abstract:
Percutaneous renal biopsy has become increasingly used particularly in patients undergoing active surveillance for small renal masses. We present a patient, who was recently diagnosed with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma, with significant complication following biopsy of a solid renal mass. The patient was planned for nephron-sparing surgery that was converted to radical nephrectomy due to extensive renal infarction secondary to significant subcapsular hemorrhage inflicted by the biopsy.
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