We report the case of an elderly woman with polycythemia vera submitted to bone marrow biopsy who developed retroperitoneal hemorrhage as a result of direct penetration of the needle through the iliac crest, with damage to the iliolumbar artery, the first branch of the hypogastric artery.
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Vol. 79 No. 1 (1994): January, 1994 : Case Reports
M Luoni, E Croci, A De Paoli, S Fava, E Grimi, A Tocci, A Tosi, E Cassi. Retroperitoneal hemorrhage following bone marrow biopsy. Haematologica 1994; 79(1):70-72; https://doi.org/10.3324/%x.
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