[Splenic necrosis after percutaneous celiac plexus block guided by ultrasonography].
Celiac plexus block guided by ultrasonography is an efficient technique for treatment of pain due to solar syndrome. Neurological complication of this therapeutic method can be avoided using an anterior route. We report the occurrence of splenic necrosis after celiac plexus block, which represents an exceptional complication of the therapeutic procedure.
Sassenou
Ismail
I
Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, 270 bd Sainte-Marguerite, BP 29, 13274 Marseille Cedex 09. jsahel@mail.ap-hm.fr
Heyries
Laurent
L
Bastid
Christophe
C
Bernard
Jean-Paul
JP
Sahel
José
J
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D002447:Celiac Plexus; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods
Nécrose de la rate secondaire à une coeliolyse percutanée guidée par échographie.