Open AccessFirst report of splenic rupture following deep enteroscopy
Author(s) -
C.M. Girelli,
R. Pometta,
C. Facciotto,
R. Mella,
Giordano Bernasconi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v8.i9.391
Subject(s) - medicine , enteroscopy , double balloon enteroscopy , complication , endoscopy , gastrointestinal bleeding , surgery , therapeutic endoscopy , radiology
Splenic rupture is a rare complication of diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures. Herein, we report for the first time a case of splenic rupture following therapeutic retrograde double-balloon enteroscopy, which occurred in an 85-year-old man who was treated for recurrent mid-intestinal bleeding that resulted from ileal angioectasia. This patient promptly underwent an operation and eventually recovered.
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