ERCP and splenic injury
- Villalobos-Garita, Á.
- Alvarado-Salazar, M.
- Rodríguez-Quesada, G.
- Páez-Saenz, R.
- Avendaño-Alvarado, G.
- Campos-Goussen, C.
- Barahona-García, R.
- Avalos-Giugliarelli, A.
- González-Pacheco, O.
Publication date
March 2014
DOI Publisher
Asociación Mexicana de Endoscopia Gastrointestinal. Published by Masson Doyma México S.A.Abstract
Abstractendoscopic Retrograde Colangiopancreatography (eRCP) is an invasive procedure with important complications that occurs in 5%-10% of the cases. The most frequent procedure related complications are: acute pancreatitis, hemorrhage, perforation and infection. an infrequent but potentially life threatening eRCP complication is the splenic injury, with very few cases reported in the literature. We report a patient with cholecholithiasis and biliary pancreatitis who was diagnosed with a subcapsular splenic laceration a few hours after an eRCP. Clinicians should be alerted to this potential post-procedure complication associated with eRCP
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