Grade III Spleen Laceration After a Colonoscopy Treated with Splenic Artery Embolization: A Case Report

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2019 Mar 23

PMID 30899606

Citations 1

Authors

Mohamed Ahmed

Saba Habis

Rasha Saeed

Ahmed Mahmoud

Scott H Kwok

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Abstract

Our patient is a 58-year-old female who presented to our emergency room with left upper quadrant abdominal pain the day after outpatient screening colonoscopy. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen and pelvis revealed a grade III spleen injury. She was admitted to our intensive care unit, and a gradual decline in her hematocrit was noticed. The patient did well and was discharged from hospital the day after splenic artery embolization.

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