Open AccessSplenic rupture: an infrequent but potentially severe complication after colonoscopy
Author(s) -
Carmelo Diéguez Castillo,
Mercedes López de Hierro,
Eduardo Redondo–Cerezo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2018.5719/2018
Subject(s) - medicine , colonoscopy , splenectomy , perforation , complication , abdominal pain , surgery , radiology , computed tomography , general surgery , spleen , colorectal cancer , materials science , cancer , punching , metallurgy
Splenic rupture is an infrequent compilation and can be severe without an early diagnosis. We present the case of a 53-year-old female who had undergone colonoscopy 24 hours previously and presented to the ER due to pain in left hemithorax and hypotension. She was diagnosed with a splenic rupture via abdominal computed tomography (CT). An urgent splenectomy was performed with a favorable postoperative evolution. The clinical recognition of splenic rupture is vital due to the fact that we are not as familiarized with this condition as we are with hemorrhage and perforation after colonoscopy.