Spontaneous splenic rupture following endoscopic studies: a case report

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https://doi.org/10.47892/rgp.2024.444.1723

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Splenic Rupture, Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, Shock, Hypovolemia

Abstract

Endoscopic procedures, currently, are characterized by being minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic methods, which allow the management of a wide number of pathologies and in the hands of a good operator, present few complications. Both traumatic and spontaneous splenic rupture is a rare entity, mainly associated with abdominal trauma or splenomegaly due to hematological diseases, respectively. Splenic rupture secondary to endoscopic studies is a complication with a mortality close to 5%, of which only 100 cases have been reported to date, none of them in Colombia. Thereafter is the case of a patient who, after an upper digestive endoscopy and colonoscopy, presented a splenic rupture, in whom the non-operative management initially proposed failed, requiring emergent splenectomy, with satisfactory results.

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Published

12/30/2024

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Patiño-Franco S, Jaramillo-Escobar SL, Neira-Rincón MA, Mendoza-Arango MC. Spontaneous splenic rupture following endoscopic studies: a case report. Rev Gastroenterol Peru [nternet]. 2024 Dec. 30 [cited 2025 Jan. 17];44(4):396-9. vailable from: https://revistagastroperu.com/index.php/rgp/article/view/1723

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