Figure 1.
A 55-year-old woman with anemia underwent splenic biopsy.
Immediately after biopsy, no obvious hematoma was observed around the spleen; however, mild hematoma formation was seen in the paracolic gutter (arrowheads).
Figure 2.
A 64-year-old woman with pancytopenia underwent splenic biopsy.
(a) Splenic biopsy was performed under computed tomography (CT) guidance. (b) Immediately after biopsy, contrast-enhanced CT showed a peritoneal hematoma and extravasation around the spleen (arrowhead). Transcatheter arterial embolization was immediately performed.