Liver Biopsy Flashcards
1
Q
Contraindications to Percutaneous Liver Biopsy
A
- Deranged clotting (eg INR > 1.4)
- Low platelets (e.g. < 60 x 10*9/L)
- Ascites
- Anaemia
- Extraheptic Biliary Obstruction
- Hydatid cyst
- Haemoangioma
- Uncooperative patient
