Complications from the liver biopsy were observed in 15 (25%) patients and involved 10 cases of pain or bleeding at the biopsy site, four subcapsular hemorrhages, and one arrhythmia leading to death.

Most liver biopsies were not performed ... An additional sampling problem concerns small biopsy specimens obtained from the subcapsular region. For perhaps approximately 0.5 cm below the capsule ...

A distinctive feature, however, is the association with intrahepatic or subcapsular hepatic venous ... the third line investigation should be liver biopsy because it is expected to give ...