Spontaneous splenic rupture following endoscopic studies: a case report

• Autores: Patiño-Franco, Sara, Jaramillo-Escobar, Sergio Luis, Neira-Rincón, Miguel Andrés, Mendoza-Arango, María Clara
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú
• Repositorio: Revista de Gastroenterología del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.revistagastroperu.com:article/1723
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistagastroperu.com/index.php/rgp/article/view/1723
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Rotura del Bazo; Endoscopía; Colonoscopía; Choque; Hipovolemia; Splenic Rupture; Endoscopy; Colonoscopy; Shock; Hypovolemia

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.