%0 Journal Article
%A Díaz Alcázar, María Del Mar
%A García Robles, Adelina
%A Martín-Lagos Maldonado, Alicia
%T Splenic rupture as an endoscopic complication: as rare as it appears?
%D 2021
%@ 1130-0108
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/16646
%X The case was an 86-year-old male with multiple cardiovascular comorbidites, including anticoagulated atrial fibrillation, who underwent a colonoscopy due to acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia. Colonoscopy only showed some small angiodysplasias in the cecum. A few hours later, the patient presented with abdominal pain and hemodynamic instability. An abdominal computed tomography was performed, which showed a splenic laceration and hemoperitoneum. An expectant attitude was decided, with a good evolution from the abdominal point of view. There was no sign of active splenic bleeding in a control computed tomography. However, he developed decompensated heart failure and finally died.
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