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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Main Authors:	Monica D. Chow, Richard D. Shih
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/436874

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spelling	doaj-59eae73bdbb4490bbbb17532e93be3a72020-11-24T23:08:32ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Emergency Medicine2090-648X2090-64982013-01-01201310.1155/2013/436874436874Acute Colonoscopy-Induced Splenic Rupture Presenting to the Emergency DepartmentMonica D. Chow0Richard D. Shih1Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USADepartment of Emergency Medicine, Morristown Medical Center, 100 Madison Avenue, P.O. Box 8, Morristown, NJ 07962, USASplenic 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 nausea less than 24 hours following a colonoscopy. An abdominal ultrasound revealed splenomegaly and free fluid. An abdominal computed tomography was significant for a splenic laceration. She underwent radiologic guided embolization and recovered without incident. Emergency medicine physicians need to consider splenic rupture as a differential in patients presenting after colonoscopy with abdominal pain.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/436874
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title	Acute Colonoscopy-Induced Splenic Rupture Presenting to the Emergency Department
title_short	Acute Colonoscopy-Induced Splenic Rupture Presenting to the Emergency Department
title_full	Acute Colonoscopy-Induced Splenic Rupture Presenting to the Emergency Department
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publisher	Hindawi Limited
series	Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
issn	2090-648X 2090-6498
publishDate	2013-01-01
description	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 nausea less than 24 hours following a colonoscopy. An abdominal ultrasound revealed splenomegaly and free fluid. An abdominal computed tomography was significant for a splenic laceration. She underwent radiologic guided embolization and recovered without incident. Emergency medicine physicians need to consider splenic rupture as a differential in patients presenting after colonoscopy with abdominal pain.
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Acute Colonoscopy-Induced Splenic Rupture Presenting to the Emergency Department

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