Absolute | Relative |
Inability of patient to cooperate with procedure | Morbid obesity |
Significant coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia (unless corrected prior to the liver biopsy) | Ascites |
Hemophilia | |
NSAID use (including aspirin) within last 7 to 10 days | Infection within the right pleural cavity |
Patient refusal to accept blood transfusion or inability to provide blood transfusion support | Infection below right hemidiaphragm |
Suspected hemangioma, vascular tumor, or echinococcal cyst | Amyloidosis |
Inability to identify an adequate biopsy site by percussion and/or ultrasound | |
Extrahepatic biliary obstruction |
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