title: [Spleen ruptures after screening colonoscopy].
abstract: Splenic injury during colonoscopy is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication. The case of an 82-year-old male patient with a ruptured spleen after screening colonoscopy is reported. The predisposing risk factors for a laceration of the spleen during colonoscopy are discussed as well as the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Klinikum Fulda gAG, Deutschland. peter.stauch@klinikum-fulda.de
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stauch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dietrich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernhard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jaspersen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gries
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hellinger
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013156:Splenectomy; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography