Acute Colonoscopy-Induced Splenic Rupture Presenting to the Emergency Department
Splenic rupture due to colonoscopy is a rarely reported event in the emergency medicine literature. Patients experiencing such an occurrence are likely to report to the emergency department. This paper documents an 84-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2013-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/436874 |