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. ISSN
0188-9893 Citation count (estimate)
1Abstract
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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